James Andrew Trehane Lake

James Andrew Trehane Lake (ca.1840 – 12 Mar 1876) was a businessman, lawyer and politician in the colony of South Australia.

History

George was born in London to Henry Lake (1811–1878) and his wife Ann née Trehane (died 1885), and the older brother of George Hingston Lake (1847–1900).[1] The family arrived in South Australia in 1853.

He had, with his father and brother, an interest in a sheep station on the Eastern Plains near the Barrier Range, on which they worked for five years.[2]

He studied law in England, served his articles with (later Sir) Samuel Way, and was admitted to the Bar in 1867.[3]

In 1871 he and Charles John Reynolds, later mayor of Port Adelaide, purchased John Thomas Fielder's timber yard,[4] which as Lake & Reynolds they ran, brother George serving as accountant, until 1877, when they sold the business to A. Clausen; the property shortly became the site of the Port Adelaide Market.

He was elected to the seat of Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from December 1871 to February 1875.

Family

He married Harriette Bridgetina Dyer on 13 July 1867; they lived in "Menindee near North Adelaide" (presumably Medindie),[5] later Barton Terrace, North Adelaide. They had five children. Harriette Bridgetina (or Harriet Bridget) married again, to Henry John "Richard" Whittington.

Eldest sister Sarah Ann Trehane Lake (ca.1835 – 25 October 1895) married Anthony James Liddell.

Sister Philippa Hodge Lake married Charles Kerr Herriot on 10 April 1873.

Sister Catherine Trehane Lake (ca.1850 – 28 November 1918) married Stuart Robert Herriot on 17 July 1875

References

  1. ↑ Nancy Robinson Whittle, 'Lake, George Hingston (1847–1900)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lake-george-hingston-7011/text12191, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Notes and Queries". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 16 July 1927. p. 19. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Law Courts". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 23 September 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Lake & Reynolds' timber yard occupied the block bounded by Commercial Road and Dale, Cannon and Marryat streets, Port Adelaide.
  5. ↑ "Advertising.". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 September 1867. p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2015.