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Sir James Martin

Premier 1863-1865, 1866-1868, 1870-1872 and Fourth Chief Justice 1873-1886 of New South Wales

Sir James Martin( )
Author: Bennett, J. M.
Series title:Lives of the Australian Chief Justices Ser.
ISBN:978-1-86287-589-0
Publication Date:Jan 2005
Publisher:Federation Press
Book Format:Hardback
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Intelligence, ambition and self-belief took Martin, the son of the Governor's Irish groom, to the pinnacles of colonial law and politics. He is the only man to have been both been Premier and Chief Justice of New South Wales.He made his name as a fierce and partisan contributor to the vitriolic political debates of the 1840s. A brilliant young lawyer, he was in Parliament in 1848, before the age of 30. He stayed there, in and out of government, until 1873 when he made an honourable...
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