James Croke

James Croke (1789 – 10 March 1857) was Solicitor-General of Victoria (Australia) and a politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

For the harbourmaster at the Port of Fremantle, see James Nias Croke.

Croke was born in County Cork, Ireland, the son of William Croke, a farmer. Croke was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was admitted to the Irish Bar in 1821 and practised in the Munster circuit.[1]

Croke arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on Sydney on 25 July 1839[3] and in the Port Phillip District in November 1839.[1] He was appointed Crown prosecutor and admitted Port Phillip Bar in 1841.[1] On 21 July 1852, Croke was appointed Solicitor-General and a member of the old (unicameral) Victorian Legislative Council,[3] replacing Edward Williams.[4] Croke was sworn-in in July 1852 and held the seat until resigning in January 1854, he then returned to England.[1]

Croke died in Richmond Hill, Petersham, Surrey, England, on 10 March 1857.[1]

References
  1. "James Croke". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 194: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria. Vol. II.
  4. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 171. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

 

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