Joshua Josephson

Joshua Frey Josephson (1815 – 26 January 1892)[1] was a judge and politician in colonial New South Wales,[2] Solicitor-General of New South Wales 1868 to 1869.[1]

Josephson was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of Jacob Josephson and his wife Emma Wilson, a widow née Moss. Josephson arrived in New South Wales in 1820.[3]

Josephson was elected a member for Braidwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 13 December 1864, a seat he held until 3 September 1869.[1] He was appointed Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 27 October 1868 to 9 September 1869.[1] He then became a District Court Judge.[2]

Josephson died in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales on 26 January 1892. He was survived by four sons and eight daughters of his first wife, a daughter of his second wife Katerina Frederica née Schiller (married April 1868, died 1884), and by his third wife Elizabeth Geraldine, née Brenan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mr Joshua Frey JOSEPHSON (1815 - 1892)". Parliament of New South Wales.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Josephson, His Honour Joshua Frey". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holt, H. T. E. "Josephson, Joshua Frey (1815–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 3 January 2014.