Samuel Frederick Milford (16 September 1797 – 26 May 1865) was a barrister and judge, active in colonial New South Wales from 1843, a judge of Supreme Court of New South Wales. [1]

Milford was born in Exeter, Devon, England, the eldest son of Samuel Frederick Milford, D.L., of Heavitree, Devonshire. He received his preliminary education at the High School, Exeter, and afterwards graduated M.A. at St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London, and practised his profession for several years at Bristol, where he held the appointment of judge of the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court.[2]

Owing to bad health, he was induced to seek an appointment in Australia. Through the influence of his cousin Sir William Webb Follett, the then Attorney-General of England, he was appointed Master in Equity of New South Wales, and left London in September 1842 for Sydney.[2] He landed on 1 January 1843, and held the post of Master in Equity, together with that of Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, until his appointment as Resident Judge in the district of Moreton Bay (now Queensland) in January 1856.[2] Then he returned to Sydney in February 1859, and was a Supreme Court Judge till his death on 26 May 1865 in Maitland, New South Wales.[1] He held also during this period the offices of Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty and Primary Judge in Equity.[2]

Personal

Milford married Eliza Butler.[3] Their family included

References

  1. ^ a b Holt, H. T. E. "Milford, Samuel Frederick (1797–1865)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). "Milford, Samuel Frederick" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Henry Milford". Former member register. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Law". Empire. No. 4, 397. New South Wales, Australia. 17 November 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Death of Dr Milford". The Australian Star. No. 4514. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Obituaries Australia: Milford, Henry John (1833–1888)". National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. Retrieved 16 July 2023. Other obituaries are less prescriptive, simply giving 1832–1833.
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