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William Foster Stawell.
British colonial statesman and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (1815-1889)
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About William Foster Stawell
Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG was a British colonial statesman and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Stawell was the first Attorney-General of Victoria, serving from 1851 to 1856 as an appointed official sitting in the Victorian Legislative Council, and from 1856 until 1857, as an elected politician, representing Melbourne.
Everything about William Foster Stawell →- Occupation
- judge, barrister
- Position held
- Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 27, 1815
- Died
- March 12, 1889