Bent family - Oaths of office, 12 August 1814

DLMSQ 610

fonds

12 August 1814

943308

2 volumes of textual material - 34 cm. - photocopies

Jeffery Hart Bent, 1780-1852, first judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court, arrived in sydney July 1814. Bent quarrelled with Macquarie, was recalled, and returned to England in 1817.

Ellis Bent, 1783-1815, younger brother of Jeffery Hart Bent, was appointed Judge Advocate of New South Wales in 1809. Bent quarrelled with Macquarie, and died in 1815 before a letter of recall reached him.

ITEM 1
Oath of office of Jeffery Hart Bent as Judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature, New South Wales, 12 August 1814

ITEM 2
Oath of office of Ellis Bent as Judge Advocate, New South Wales, 12 August 1814

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

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