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Lawyer (1852–1921)

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Frederick William Pennefather
Born(1852-04-29)29 April 1852
Died6 February 1921(1921-02-06) (aged 68)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
RelativesEdward Pennefather (grandfather)

Frederick William Pennefather (29 April 1852 – 6 February 1921) was an Australian lawyer.

Early life

Frederick William Pennefather was born on 29 April 1852, the youngest son of Edward Pennefather QC.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1874, LL.M. 1877, LL.D. 1891.

Bar

He entered at Lincoln's Inn on 17 December 1874, and was called to the Bar on 17 November 1877. He went the south-eastern circuit, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1878.

He was private secretary to the Governor of South Australia from 1881 to 1883, and to the Governor of New Zealand from 1883 to 1886.

He was one of the Commissioners for New Zealand at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886; was appointed Lecturer on Laws in the University of Adelaide in 1887, and Professor of Laws in 1890, the same year he was admitted to the Bar in South Australia. In September 1896 he resigned from the professorship and the following year he agreed to assist in finding his successor.

Richard Pennefather (1851–1914), the ninth Attorney-General of Western Australia, was not related.

Pennefather died on 6 February 1921.

References

  1. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Pennefather, Frederick William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. p. 370 – via Wikisource.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1885). "Pennefather, Frederick William". Men-at-the-Bar. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "More Lawyers". Evening Journal. Vol. XXII, no. 6124. South Australia. 26 April 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Mr. F. W. Pennefather, B.A., L.L.D." Evening Journal. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8058. South Australia. 5 September 1896. p. 5 (Special Edition). Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Adelaide University". Launceston Examiner. Vol. LVII, no. 50. Tasmania, Australia. 27 February 1897. p. 10. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Epitome of News". The Mercury. Vol. LXXV, no. 9442. Tasmania, Australia. 9 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "The LATE DR. F. W. PENNEFATHER". The Spectator. 19 February 1921. p. 13.
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