John Darvall

Sir
John Darvall
Solicitor General
In office
6 June 1856 – 25 August 1856
Preceded byWilliam Manning
Succeeded byAlfred Lutwyche
In office
3 October 1856 – 23 May 1857
Preceded byAlfred Lutwyche
Succeeded byEdward Wise
8th Attorney General of New South Wales
In office
26 May 1857 – 7 September 1857
Preceded byWilliam Manning
Succeeded byJames Martin QC
In office
1 August 1863 – 15 October 1863
Preceded byJohn Hargrave
Succeeded byJames Martin QC
In office
3 February 1865 – 20 June 1865
Preceded byJames Martin QC
Succeeded byJohn Plunkett QC
Personal details
Born
John Bayley Darvall

(1809-11-19)19 November 1809
Felixkirk, Yorkshire, England
Died28 December 1883(1883-12-28) (aged 74)
London, England

Sir John Bayley Darvall KCMG, QC (19 November 1809 – 28 December 1883)[1][2] was an Australian barrister and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1844 and 1856 and again between 1861 and 1863.[1] He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for three periods between 1856 and 1865. He held the positions of Solicitor General and Attorney General in a number of short-lived colonial governments.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Sir John Bayley Darvall MA, QC (1809-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ Rathbone, R W. "Darvall, Sir John Bayley (1809 - 1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Details of Claim | Legacies of British Slavery".