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Richard William PENNEFATHER (1851-1914)

Name:	Richard William PENNEFATHER
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	16 Jul 1851	Tipperary
Death	1914 (age 62-63)

Marriage (1)

Spouse	Florie Edith FULLAGAR ( - )
Children	Irene Sylvia PENNEFATHER (1898- )
Marriage	1897 (age 45-46)

Marriage (2)

Spouse	Maud V. SMITH ( - )
Marriage	1910 (age 58-59)

Individual Note

From David Pennefather's history:

Richard William Pennefather, was educated at St Patricks school. He gained

his B.A. and LL.B at Melbourne University and was admitted to the Victorian

bar in 1876, the NSW bar in 1880 and the W.A. bar in 1896. In 1871/72 he

was working for the Crown Law Department in Melbourne. 1880 he was a

solicitor in Echuca and in 1891-92 was a Barrister in Little Collins Street,

Melbourne. He moved to Western Australia where he practiced law in

partnership with John Horgan. In 1898 he built a fine house in Broome

Street, Cottesloe with fine ocean views called “Overton Lodge”. In 1996 this

building is the Cottesloe Civic Centre and War Memorial Town Hall. Richard

William became a QC in 1900. Was sometime MLA for Greenough and

Attorney General of WA 1897-1901 and acting Judge of the Supreme Court

until 1902 when he resumed practice at the bar. Richard married Maud V.

Smith of St Leonards in 1910. Also recorded as marrying Florie Edith

Fullagar in Perth in 1897. A daughter, Irene Sylvia born Cottesloe 1898,

from this union. Pennefather Street in Canberra is said to be named after

Judge Pennefather.