Hartley Williams

His Honour Sir Hartley Williams (15 October 1843 – 12 July 1929), was a Supreme Court of Victoria judge.[1]

Williams was born in Collingwood, Victoria, the second son of Sir Edward Williams[2] and his wife Jessie, Lady Williams, née Gibbon.[1] He was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1866.[2] He entered as a student at the Inner Temple in January 1863, and was called to the Bar in April 1867. In the same year he returned to Victoria and was admitted a barrister of the Supreme Court of that colony in April 1868. He very quickly took a leading position as a common law pleader, and twice unsuccessfully contested St. Kilda for a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1874. Subsequent to this he took no part in politics, but was raised to the Bench of the Supreme Court in July 1881.[2]

Williams retired in May 1903 and left the next month for England; he died in London on 12 July 1929.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miller, Robert. "Williams, Sir Hartley (1843–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Williams, His Honour Hartley". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource