Colonial Treasurer 18.12.1877 - 20.12.1878
(Farnell Ministry No.18 18.12.1877 - 20.12.1878)
Born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, 1 December 1840. Son of Abraham and Sophia.
Educated Goulburn and Sydney.
Clerk in Maitland, unsuccessful trader, read law at the Middle Temple London, and called to the Bar in Sydney in June 1871 practicing as a barrister in mercantile law.
Member for West Maitland 1874-1880, 1882-1895.
Appointed acting judge Supreme Court in 1895, and judge 1896-1902, 1905-1911, and later the first president of the Arbitration Court on 1.4.1902-1905.
Died at sea on the Frederic the Great 5 January 1912. Buried in Jewish Section, Rookwood Cemetery. Survived by his wife Sophie Frank and two sons.
NSW Treasurers
Last updated: 04/02/2021
