John Peden (politician)

The Honourable
Sir John Peden
KCMG KC
President of the Legislative Council
In office
5 February 1929 – 22 April 1946
DeputyBroughton O'Conor
Ernest Farrar
Preceded byFrederick Flowers
Succeeded byErnest Farrar
Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
In office
17 July 1917 – 22 April 1946
Appointed bySir Gerald Strickland
Personal details
Born(1871-04-26)26 April 1871[1]
Randwick, New South Wales
Died31 May 1946(1946-05-31) (aged 75)
Paddington, New South Wales
SpouseMargaret Ethel Maynard (1904–1928; her death)
RelationsDavid Peden (Grandfather)
Magnus Peden (Father)
ChildrenMargaret Elizabeth Maynard Peden[2]
Barbara Constance Wyburn Peden

Sir John Beverley Peden KCMG KC (26 April 1871 – 31 May 1946) was an Australian jurist and politician. Born in Randwick to farmer Magnus Jackson Peden, a mayor of Randwick, and Elizabeth Neathway Brown, he attended public school at Bega before studying at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1892 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1898. He was an assistant lecturer in Latin at the university from 1896 to 1898, when he was called to the bar. He lectured in law from 1903 and became a professor and faculty dean in 1910. Appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Nationalist in 1917, from 1929 to 1946 he was president of the council; he was both the last president appointed directly by the governor, and the first elected by his fellow councillors. Peden died in Paddington in 1946.[3]

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  2. ^ Stell, Marion K (1988). "Peden, Margaret Elizabeth Maynard (1905–1981)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Sir John Beverley Peden, KCMG, KC (1871–1946)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.