John Barter Bennett (c.1824 – 19 May 1887) was a lawyer and politician in colonial

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, a member of the

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Early life

Bennett was born in Cork, Ireland.

Colonial Australia

Bennett arrived in the

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in 1842 and was admitted attorney to the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the

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. Bennett represented the Southern Province in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council from November 1856 to May 1863. Bennett was senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Bennett, Attenborough, Wilks, & Nunn, solicitors and notaries public, Collins Street, Melbourne. Bennett later lived at 28 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, England, and died in London on 19 May 1887. He was married to Kate and had two daughters; he left his estate of £43,000 to his family.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, John Barter 1824 births 1859 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council People from County Cork 19th-century Australian lawyers Irish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians