Charles Mann Junior, QC (8 April 1838 – 7 July 1889) was a politician in colonial

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1878 to 1881 and four times

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Early life and legal career

Mann was born in

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, the son of Charles Mann, a prominent lawyer, and educated at

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. Having been articled to the firm of Messrs. Bagot & Labatt, he was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1860, and went into partnership with H. W. Parker (died 15 March 1874), a successful lawyer whose previous partner was R. D. Hanson. Mann was made

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in 1875. In 1879 he took on A. K. Whitby as a partner to take over his newly opened office in Jamestown. He was involved in many of the high-profile legal cases of the period; one of his last was acting as advisor to the liquidators of the failed Commercial Bank of South Australia and proceedings against its Directors.

Political career

Mann was elected to the

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as member for Burra on 14 April 1870. Mann was four times

— from 21 July 1871 to 22 January 1872 (in the last John Hart government until 10 November 1871, afterwards in the

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Ministry which immediately followed it); in the third Blyth Ministry, from 22 July 1873 to 3 June 1875; in the second and third

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governments, from 25 March to 6 June 1876 and 26 October 1877 to 27 September 1878. From 12 February 1875 to 26 April 1881 Mann represented

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. Mann was Treasurer in the William Morgan administration, from 27 September 1878 to 10 March 1881, when he was appointed Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor, both of which positions he filled till his death on 7 July 1889.

Personal

On 10 August 1865 Charles Mann married Isabella Noble Rowland (died 10 January 1888) of Berwick-on-Tweed. They lived on

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and had five daughters and two sons. Mann was a prominent member of the

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and a Steward of the

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Obituary
''South Australian Register'', 8 July 1889
Obituary
''Launceston Examiner'' 12 July 1889 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Charles 1838 births 1889 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Treasurers of South Australia Attorneys-General of South Australia Politicians from Adelaide 19th-century Australian lawyers Australian horse racing officials Adelaide Club 19th-century Australian politicians Australian King's Counsel

Early life and legal career

Political career

Personal

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