Edmund Sheppard (1 November 1826 – 22 December 1882) was a Puisne Judge of the

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Early life

Sheppard was the fourth son of Samuel Sheppard, of

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, and his wife, Harriett Deane (''née'' Allen). Edmund was born in Taunton and educated there and in

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where he was

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at the

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in June 1857.

Career in Australia

Sheppard went to

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, shortly after being called to the bar. Sheppard married, firstly, in July 1860, Mary Grace, daughter of the late C. E. Murray, of Sydney, who died in June 1869. He practised at the bar in Sydney, and in 1866 was appointed District Court Judge of Queensland. Judge Sheppard married, secondly, in December 1871, Adela, daughter of the late E. J. Murray, solicitor, of London. He became Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 17 July 1874; and died in

on 22 December 1882 having taken leave of absence earlier in the year due to ill-health.

Legacy

Sheppard's second son

William Fleetwood Sheppard William Fleetwood Sheppard FRSE LLM (20 November 1863 – 12 October 1936) Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory, known in partic ...

, became a mathematician. The court complex in Townsville, opened in 1975, was named the ''Edmund Sheppard Building'' in recognition of his service as the first Northern Judge of the court.

External links

Photograph of Mr. Justice Edmund Sheppard
ca. 1874 * (Death Notice.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheppard, Edmund 1826 births 1882 deaths People from Taunton English emigrants to colonial Australia Colony of Queensland judges 19th-century Australian judges Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland