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Charles James Manning (1841–1898)
Charles James Manning (1841-1898), judge, was born on 10 July 1841 at Balmain, Sydney, the second son of Edye Manning and his wife Fanny Elizabeth, née Turner. In 1847 he went to England with his parents and was educated in Devonshire and in 1855-61 at Winchester College; he matriculated and entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A., 1864). He was called to the Bar of Lincoln's Inn on 17 November 1865 and practised on the western circuit before returning to Sydney where he was admitted to...
