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, Manifold was the son of Thomas Manifold, the pioneer grazier in the Western District, and a descendant of

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, and qualified as a solicitor in 1875, but never practised. Instead he became a grazier, owning first Sesbania station in northern

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from 1876 to 1884 and then Wollaston station near

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from 1886 until it was sold for soldier settlement in 1914. In 1885 he married Fanny Maria Smith. He was elected to the

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for the

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in 1901, and held the seat until 1924, as a non-Labor, later

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, member. From 1910 until 1919 he was the unofficial leader of the Legislative Council, and in 1919 was elected president. He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours."Colonial Office List", ''

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'', 1 January 1920 He retired as president in 1923 due to ill health and in early 1924 resigned his seat. He died four years later at Toorak.

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References

*P. H. de Serville
Manifold, Sir Walter Synnot (1849 - 1928), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online Edition''
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