Edward Wise (13 August 1818 – 28 September 1865) was a judge of the

Supreme Court of New South Wales The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian States and territories of Australia, State of New South Wales. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil law (common law), civil matters, and hears ...

. Wise was born in England, educated at

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, and called to the bar in 1844. He went to

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in 1855 and soon afterward entered politics, being appointed as a member of the

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. He became

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in the Parker ministry in May 1857, and

Attorney-General of New South Wales The attorney general of New South Wales, in formal contexts also attorney-general or attorney general for New South Wales See, e.g. Attorney General for New South Wales v Burns & Ors', ''Leahy v Attorney-General for New South Wales'' and ''Makin ...

under Forster in October 1859. He resigned in 1860 and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, but his health gave way and he died while on a visit to

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, on 28 September 1865. He was the author of treatises on ''The Law Relating to Riots and Unlawful Assemblies'' (1848), ''The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act'' (1849), ''The Common Law Procedure Act'' (1853), and various legal works in conjunction with other writers. He married Maria Bate, daughter of Lieutenant John Smith, R.N.. Their second son,

Bernhard Wise Bernhard Ringrose Wise (10 February 1858 – 19 September 1916), commonly referred to as B. R. Wise, was an Australian politician. He was a social reformer, seen by some as a traitor to his class, but who was not fully accepted by the labour mo ...

, was born in Sydney on 10 February 1858. Wise's sister, Emily Anne, married

William Montagu Manning Sir William Montagu Manning (20 June 1811 – 27 February 1895) was an English-born Australian politician, judge and University of Sydney Chancellor (education), chancellor. Early life Manning was born in June 1811 at Alphington, Devon, Alphin ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wise, Edward 1818 births 1865 deaths Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Attorneys general of the Colony of New South Wales Solicitors general for New South Wales English emigrants to colonial Australia Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Colony of New South Wales judges 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian judges People educated at Rugby School