William Montagu Manning
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Sir William Manning KCMG, |
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1895 portrait of Manning by Sir John Watson Gordon.
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| 6th Attorney-General of New South Wales | |
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In office 6 June 1856 – 25 August 1856 |
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| Preceded by | John Plunkett |
| Succeeded by | James Martin |
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In office 3 October 1856 – 25 May 1857 |
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| Preceded by | James Martin |
| Succeeded by | John Darvall |
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In office 21 February 1860 – 8 March 1860 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Wise |
| Succeeded by | John Hargrave |
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In office 21 October 1868 – 15 December 1870 |
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| Preceded by | James Martin |
| Succeeded by | James Martin |
| 4th Solicitor-General of New South Wales | |
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In office September 1844 – 5 June 1856 |
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| Preceded by | William à Beckett |
| Succeeded by | John Darvall |
| Chancellor of the University of Sydney | |
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In office 1878 – 27 February 1895 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Deas Thomson |
| Succeeded by | William Charles Windeyer |
| Personal details | |
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William Montagu Manning 20 June 1811 Alphington, near Exeter, United Kingdom |
| Died | 27 February 1895 (aged 83) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Resting place | St Jude's Church cemetery, Randwick |
| Children | 2 sons; 4 daughters including Emily Matilda Manning |
| Alma mater | University College, London |
| Occupation | Barrister; Politician |
Sir William Montagu Manning KCMG, , (20 June 1811 – 27 February 1895) was an English-born Australian politician, judge and University of Sydney chancellor.
Manning was born in Alphington, near Exeter, Devon, the second son of John Edye Manning, and his wife Matilda Jorden, née Cooke. William Manning was educated in Tavistock, Southampton and University College, London. Manning then worked for an uncle, Serjeant Manning and was entered at Lincoln's Inn in November 1827. He was called to the bar in November 1832 and practised as a barrister on the Western Circuit. In collaboration with S. Neville, Manning prepared and published Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Offices of Magistrates (3 volumes, 1834-8), and was the author of Proceedings in Courts of Revision in the Isle of Wight (1836). On 16 August 1836 he married Emily Anne, née Wise (sister of Edward Wise), in Paris.
In 1837 William and Emily Manning went to Australia on the City of Edinburgh, joining William's father who was registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Soon after his arrival in Sydney on 31 August 1837 was made a chairman of Quarter Sessions with a salary of £800. He took up his duties at Bathurst, New South Wales in October. In 1842 he was offered the position of resident judge at Port Phillip District, and in September 1844 became solicitor-general of New South Wales. In January 1848 he was appointed acting-judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales during the absence of Mr Justice Therry. He resumed the solicitor-generalship at the end of 1849, and held this position until responsible government was established in 1856, when he retired with a pension of £800 a year. Manning was nominated to the New South Wales Legislative Council by Governor Fitzroy in October 1851, and assisted in the preparation of William Wentworth's constitution bill.
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