Samuel Frederick Milford (16 September 1797 – 26 May 1865) was a barrister and judge, active in colonial

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from 1843, a judge of

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. Milford was born in

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, England, the eldest son of Samuel Frederick Milford, D.L., of Heavitree, Devonshire. He received his preliminary education at the High School, Exeter, and afterwards graduated M.A. at

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. He was called to the Bar at

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, London, and practised his profession for several years at

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, where he held the appointment of judge of the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court. Owing to bad health, he was induced to seek an appointment in Australia. Through the influence of his cousin Sir

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, the then Attorney-General of England, he was appointed Master in Equity of New South Wales, and left London in September 1842 for

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. He landed on 1 January 1843, and held the post of Master in Equity, together with that of Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, until his appointment as Resident Judge in the district of Moreton Bay (now

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) in January 1856. Then he returned to Sydney in February 1859, and was a Supreme Court Judge till his death on 26 May 1865 in

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. He held also during this period the offices of Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty and Primary Judge in Equity.

Personal

Milford married Eliza Butler. Their family included *Major General Sussex Charles Milford (1825 – 1 April 1892) *Herman George Milford (17 March 1830 – 15 November 1865) lawyer *Dr Frederick Milford (1834 – 1 August 1902), surgeon * Henry John Bede Milford (1 January 1833 Other obituaries are less prescriptive, simply giving 1832–1833. – 29 February 1888), lawyer and politician. He married Catherine Charlotte Dick (1833 – 26 October 1884) c. May 1856. Their son Ernest Alexander Milford (19 December 1858 – 2 October 1942), was a lawyer in Queensland and New South Wales. *Sophia Milford married Albrecht Feez on 13 October 1857

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milford, Samuel Frederick 1797 births 1865 deaths Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Colony of New South Wales judges People educated at Exeter School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 19th-century Australian judges Lawyers from Exeter British emigrants to Australia 19th-century English lawyers