Life Summary - Sir William à Beckett - Australian Dictionary of Biography

à Beckett, Sir William (1806–1869)

	à Beckett, Sir William (1806–1869)
Born	28 July 1806 London , Middlesex , England
Died	27 June 1869 London , Middlesex , England
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Anglican Unitarian
Related Entries [View as tree]	à Beckett, William Arthur (son) à Beckett, Thomas Turner (brother) à Beckett, Thomas (nephew) Boyd, Emma Minnie (granddaughter) Barry, Redmond (work colleague) Wood, John Dennistoun (colleague) Lindsay, Joan à Beckett (acquaintance) Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (related entry) McCarthy, Emma Maud (related entry)
Passenger Ship*	City of Edinburgh (1836-37)
Occupation*	barrister (1837-1844) New South Wales, Australia solicitor-general (1841-1844) New South Wales, Australia judge (1844-1846) New South Wales, Australia judge (1846-1857) Victoria, Australia poet (1846-1863) Victoria, Australia temperance advocate (1846-1863) Victoria, Australia chief justice (1852-1857) Victoria, Australia legal scholar (1852-1852) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1852)
Key Events*	Eureka Stockade (Vic), 1854 (presided at trial of miners)
Key Organisations*	Total Abstinence League (Melbourne) (supporter) New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1837-1844)
Workplaces*	Supreme Court of NSW (judge, 1844-1846) Supreme Court of Vic (judge, 1846-1857)

* Dates are approximate