Travers Adamson (6 August 1827 – 4 April 1897) was an Irish barrister, who served as a politician and

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. Adamson was born in

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and graduated with a

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from Trinity College in 1849. Following his studies at

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, he was called to the

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in April 1850. He was admitted to practise at the Victorian Bar on 24 November 1852. Adamson represented the Murray district in the first Legislative Assembly of Victoria, which assembled in November 1856. On 3 February 1858, he resigned the seat, having accepted the role of Prosecuting Barrister for Melbourne, and was re-elected to the assembly in a by-election on 22 February. In 1859, The Murray was changed to a single-member district, and Adamson contested the new

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but was defeated. Adamson was appointed solicitor-general in the

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government from 27 October 1859 to 5 March 1860, and then Crown Prosecutor until he resigned in February 1883. He left Victoria for

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, and resided in

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where he died in 1897.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamson, Travers 1827 births 1897 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Irish barristers Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 19th-century Australian public servants 19th-century Australian politicians Solicitors-General of Victoria