Sir William Westbrooke Burton correspondence, 4 October 1832 - 6 July 1838, together with related correspondence between the NSW Bar Association and the Mitchell Library, 18 October 1963 - 19 August 1964

MLMSS 7873

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4 Oct. 1832 - 6 July 1838, 18 October 1963 - 19 August 1964

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Photocopy : MLMSS 834

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)

William Westbrooke Burton (1794-1888), judge and parliamentarian, was born in England, son of Edmund and Elizabeth Burton. He was educated in England and after service in the Royal Navy was called to the English Bar at Inner Temple in 1824. He travelled to Cape Town in 1827 and in 1832 was appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW by Governor Bourke. Burton left Sydney in 1844 to become puisne judge at Madras returning to Sydney in 1857. In August 1857 Burton was appointed to the NSW Legislative Council. He was elected president of the Legislative Council in 1858 and resigned in 1861 after the Robertson government attempted to 'swamp' the parliament with new members in order to pass the Robertson land legislation. Burton left Sydney in 1861 and returned to England where he remained until his death

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed February 25, 2009)

The original documents were loaned for copying by the NSW Bar Association in October 1963. A microfilm copy and reader printer copy were made. In 2009 The NSW Bar Association donated the originals to the State Library.

Correspondence, being letters mainly from William Westbrooke Burton to his brother Edmund concerning W.W. Burton's position as a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.
Other correspondents include R.W. Hay and G.K Holden.

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.

Microfilm available at: MAV/FM3/631