Alexander Onslow
Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow (17 July 1842 – 20 October 1908) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.
On 4 February 1878, he married Madeline Emma Loftus.
Family
- Father
- Arthur Pooley Onslow - father
- Mother
- Rosa Roberta, née McLeay - mother
- Alexander McLeay (1767-1848)[1] - Rosa Roberta's father
- Rosa Roberta's siblings
- William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865)[2] He never married and the heir to his estate was his brother, George W. J. Macleay
- Sir George W. J. Macleay (1809-1891)[3]
- James Robert (1811-1892) secretary of the commission for the suppression of the slave trade in Cape Colony.
- Margaret (b.1802) married Archibald Clunes Innes (1800-1857)[4] in 1829
- Christiana Susan (b.1799) married Captain William Dumaresq (1793-1868)[5] in 1830
- Barbara Isabella (b.1797) married Pieter Laurentz Campbell (1809-1948)[6] in 1834.
- Siblings
- Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow (1833-1882) - brother
References
- E. K. Braybrooke, 'Onslow, Sir Alexander Campbell (1842 - 1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 367-369.
- Black, David, and Bolton, Geoffrey (1990) Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Volume one. 1870-1930 assisted by Ann Mozley and Patricia Simpson. Perth W.A: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7316-9782-0
- ^ 'McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 177-180.
- ^ David S. Macmillan, 'Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 182-183.
- ^ David S. Macmillan, 'Macleay, Sir George (1809 - 1891)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 180-182.
- ^ E. Flowers, 'Innes, Archibald Clunes (1800 - 1857)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 3-4.
- ^ Nancy Gray, 'Dumaresq, William John (1793 - 1868)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 333-335.
- ^ Hazel King, 'Campbell, Pieter Laurentz (1809 - 1848)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 201-202.
Further reading
- biographical details West Australian, 27/5/1895,
See also
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17 July 1842 |
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20 October 1908 |
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