Richard Meares Sly (17 December 1849 – 11 October 1929) was an Australian lawyer,

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of the

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from 1908 to 1919.

Biography

Sly was born in Sydney, the third son of Joseph Sly. He was educated at

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and

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, in a stellar academic career, winning the Gilchrist travelling scholarship in April, 1872. This enabled him to pursue legal studies at

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, where he qualified LLB. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in June 1875 and was appointed an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in June, 1898 and was appointed KC in 1904 and appointed to the NSW Supreme Court in February 1908, following the retirement of Sir William Owen. He retired from the Supreme Court in December 1919, to be replaced by Sir

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. He died suddenly at Burradoo, near

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, on a visit to his brother, solicitor Dr. George Sly (c. 1846–1934). His remains were interred at the

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Family

Sly married Constance Adelaide Mullens (d. 21 September 1949) on 21 December 1887. They had four daughters: *Marion Constance Meares Sly (d. 25 March 1969) married Duncan S. Maxwell. *Helen Meares Sly married ? Terry. *Viola Margaret Meares Sly (died 11 January 1967) married Keith Ferguson, son of Justice Ferguson of "Wimbledon",

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, on 23 March 1921. *Edith Nereda Meares Sly (d. 8 May 1987) married John O. Stevenson. They had a home at Wunulla Road,

Point Piper Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra. Point Piper has been historically r ...

, Sydney.

References

External links

Sly, Richard Meares (1849–1929)
entry in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sly, Richard 1849 births 1929 deaths Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales University of Sydney alumni Alumni of the University of London