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HANSON, SIR RICHARD DAVIES (1805–1876)

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HANSON, SIR RICHARD DAVIES (1805–1876)

HANSON, See also:
SIR
SIR See also:
RICHARD
RICHARD (d. 1184)
RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
RICHARD, ST
RICHARD See also:
DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )
DAVIES (1805–1876) , See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of See also:

South See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

LONDON

London on the 6th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18o5. Admitted a See also:

SOLICITOR

solicitor in 1828, he practised for some See also:

time in London. In 1838 he went with See also:

Lord See also:

Durham to See also:

CANADA

Canada as assistant-See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner of inquiry into See also:

CROWN

crown lands and See also:

IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration. In 184o, on the See also:

DEATH

death of Lord Durham, whose private secretary he had been, he settled in See also:

Wellington, New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand. He there acted as crown prosecutor, but in 1846 removed to South Australia. In 1851 he was appointed See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate-See also:

general of that See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony and took an active See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the passing of many important See also:

MEASURES

measures, such as the first See also:

EDUCATION

Education See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, the See also:

DISTRICT

District See also:

COUNCILS

Councils Act of 1852, and the Act of 1856 which granted constitutional See also:

government to the colony. In 1856 and again from 1857 to 186o he was See also:

ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general and See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the government. In 1861 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme See also:

court of South Australia and was knighted in 1869. He died in Australia on the 4th of See also:

March 1876.

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