Charles St Julian

Charles James Herbert de Courcy St Julian (10 May 1819 – 26 November 1874) was a journalist, newspaper owner-editor and a Chief Justice of Fiji.[1]

St Julian was born in France (or in London in 1818)[2] son of Thomas St Julian, French army officer, and his wife Marian, née Blackwell.[1] St Julian emigrated to Adelaide in 1837, proceeding in 1839 to Sydney, where he wrote for the Australian Chronicle, and subsequently for the Commercial Journal.[3] In 1843 he joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, which he left four years later for the Sydney Chronicle, afterwards known as the Free Press. In 1849 he rejoined the Herald, and remained as Law Reporter until 1872, when he received the appointment of Chief Justice of Fiji, from King Thakombau. St. Julian, who had some time previously acted as Consul for Fiji in Sydney, died near Levuka, Fiji on 26 November 1874.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mark Lyons, Marion Nothling. "St Julian, Charles James Herbert de Courcy (1819–1874)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University.
  2. ↑ "Death of the late Chief Justice of Fiji.". The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.: National Library of Australia). 22 December 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to St. Julian, Charles James Herbert". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource