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About Ellis Bent
Ellis Bent was the Deputy Judge Advocate between 1810 and 1815 of the Australian colony of New South Wales, which was eventually to become an Australian state. The Deputy Judge Advocate of New South Wales was the senior legal officer of the colony and functioned in many ways as a Chief Justice. Bent was the first barrister to be appointed to a judicial office in the infant colony in an era when military officers were commonly appointed to the position.
Everything about Ellis Bent →- Occupation
- judge, barrister
- Position held
- Judge Advocate of New South Wales
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- 1783
- Died
- November 10, 1815