List of judges of the Vice Admiralty Court (New South Wales)

Judges who have served on the Vice Admiralty Court in New South Wales between 1787 and 1911 include :

• Judges
• Deputy judges
• Surrogate judges. ^[1]

Position	Name	Appointment commenced	Appointment ended	Term in office	Comments	Notes
Judge Commissary	Robert Ross	18 April 1787
	Francis Grose
	Joseph Foveaux	7 August 1798	7 August 1798		Appointment refused
	Henry Waterhouse	15 August 1798
	William Paterson	20 March 1799
	George Johnston	20 November 1804
	Edward Abbott	19 February 1808
	Ellis Bent	10 August 1811	10 November 1815	4 years, 92 days
	John Wylde	26 July 1816
	Sir Francis Forbes	31 October 1825	1 July 1837	11 years, 243 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1823−1837)	[2]
	John Kinchela	7 May 1840
	Sir James Dowling	18 August 1841	27 September 1844	3 years, 40 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1837−1844)	[3]
	Sir Alfred Stephen   [a]	7 October 1844	5 November 1873	29 years, 29 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1844−1873)	[5]
	Sir James Martin	19 November 1873	4 November 1886	12 years, 350 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1873−1886)	[6]
	Sir Frederick Darley	29 November 1886	4 January 1910	23 years, 36 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1886-1910)
	Sir William Cullen	28 January 1910	1 July 1911	1 year, 154 days	Chief Justice of New South Wales (1910-1925)
Deputy Commissary	Ellis Bent	25 June 1810
	John Kinchela	September 1837	November 1840	3 years, 32–90 days	Acting judge of the Supreme Court (1836−1837)
	Samuel Milford	1 August 1844	26 May 1865	20 years, 298 days	Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1843−1855)	[7] [8]
	Alfred Cheeke	10 September 1869			Judge of the Supreme Court (1865−1876)	[9]
	Peter Faucett		15 September 1879	10 years, 5 days	Judge of the Supreme Court (1865−1888)	[9] [10]
	Sir William Windeyer	15 September 1879			Acting judge & judge of the Supreme Court (1879−1896)	[10]
	Sir William Owen	24 September 1897			Judge of the Supreme Court (1887−1908)
	Philip Street	29 July 1908			Judge of the Supreme Court (1907−1934)
Surrogate Judge	William à Beckett	15 September 1841			Solicitor General (1841−1844)
	Samuel Milford	3 March 1843			Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1843−1855)
	William Carter	22 February 1847			Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1841−1843)
	Herman Milford
	Henry Stephen   [a]	21 December 1857				[11]
	William Cary	11 January 1858
	William Hallam Wilkinson	6 August 1864			Deputy Judge District Court (1868–1870, 1874)
	Joseph Innes	1872			Solicitor General (1872−1873)

Notes

1. The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia. ^[4] Sir Alfred Stephen was the father of (Matthew) Henry Stephen.

References

1. "Vice Admiralty Court of NSW, 1787-1911". www.records.nsw.gov.au. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
2. "Government Notice". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . 16 August 1826. p. 1. Retrieved 20 September 2022– via Trove.
3. "Vice-Admiralty Court". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 67. 20 August 1841. p. 1102. Retrieved 20 September 2022– via Trove.
4. Fox, K (17 February 2015). "Australian Legal Dynasties: The Stephens and the Streets". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
5. "Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG, CB, GCMG". NSW State Archives & Records.
6. "Sir James Martin". NSW State Archives & Records.
7. "Samuel Frederick Milford". NSW State Archives & Records.
8. "Approval of appointment of Samuel Frederick Milford as Deputy Commissary". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 97. 25 October 1844. p. 1316. Retrieved 20 September 2022– via Trove.
9. "Vice-Admiralty Court of New South Wales". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 192. 10 September 1869. p. 2277. Retrieved 20 September 2022– via Trove.
10. "Vice-Admiralty court of New South Wales". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 338. 19 September 1879. p. 4141. Retrieved 20 September 2022– via Trove.
11. "Sir Matthew Henry Stephen". NSW State Archives & Records.