NSW Silk appointments

Prior to 1993 silks were referred to as QC or KC (KC from 1901-1952) depending on the reigning sovereign – they commenced being referred to as SC on and from 1993. Please note that formal titles and/or post nominals that may have been held by an individual on their appointment as a silk have been omitted.

Note: An individual is not listed here if it is know he/she was appointed silk in another jurisdiction prior to taking silk status in NSW where this is known.

Name Date of appointment External links
Plunkett, John Hubert 6 June 1856 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Manning, William Montagu 23 May 1857 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Darvall, John Bayley 16 September 1857 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Martin, James 12 November 1857 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Broadhurst, Edward 17 August 1858 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Lutwyche , Alfred James Peter 10 December 1858 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Hargrave, John Fletcher 7 August 1863 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Butler, Edward 19 November 1873 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Dalley, William Bede 19 March 1877 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Stephen, Matthew Henry 2 April 1879 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Darley, Frederick Matthew 2 April 1879 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Salomons, Julian Emanuel 18 February 1881 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Gordon, Alexander 29 August 1882 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Owen, William 29 August 1882 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Wisdom, Robert 6 April 1886 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Foster, William John 6 December 1886 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Simpson, George Bowen 6 December 1886 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Rogers, Francis Edward 13 December 1887 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Pilcher, Charles Edward 13 December 1887 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Want, John Henry 13 December 1887 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Wrenfordsley, Henry Thomas 21 February 1889 Australian Dictionary of Biography
Barton, Edmund 19 March 1889 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Donovan, John Joseph 23 October 1894 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Simpson, Archibald Henry 18 November 1896 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Walker, William Gregory 18 November 1896 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Heydon, Charles Gilbert 18 November 1896 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
O’Connor, Richard Edward 18 November 1896 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Reid, George Houstoun 1 November 1898 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Wise, Bernhard Ringrose 1898 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Armstrong, John 1901 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Sly, Richard Meares 1904 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Smith, Bruce 1904 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Gordon, Alexander 1904 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Cullen, William Portus 1905 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Wade, Charles Gregory 1905 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Stephen, Cecil Bedford 1906 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Ralston, Alexander Gerard 1906 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Knox, Adrian 1906 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Shand, Alexander Barclay 1906 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Owen, Langer Meade Loftus 1906 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Lamb, S Ernest 1910 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Campbell, James Lang 1910 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Gannon, James Conley 1910 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Garland, John 1910 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Loxton, Edward James 1910 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Canaway, Arthur Pitcairn 1911 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Rich, George Edward 1911 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Leverrier, Francis Hewitt 1911 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Rolin, Tom 1912 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Blacket, Wilfred 1912 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Piddington, Albert Bathurst 1913 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Innes, Reginald Heath Long 1916 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Windeyer, Richard 1917 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Lingen, John Taylor 1918 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Mack, Sidney 1918 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Broomfield, Reginald C 1919 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
James, Augustus George Frederick 1919 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Maughan, David 1919 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Brissenden, Edwin Mayhew 1920 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Thomson, Alexander 1920 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Flannery, George Ernest 1920 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Holman, William Arthur 1920 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Coyle, William Thomas 1920 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Mocatta, William Hugh 1920 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Watt, Andrew Robert James 1920 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Coghlan, Charles Augustus 1921 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Bethune, Francis John 1922 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Peden, John Beverley 1922 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Teece, (Richard) Clive 1922 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Bavin, Thomas Rainsford 1924 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Boyce, Francis Stewart 1924 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Weigall, Cecil Edward 1925 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Feez, Arthur Herman Henry Milford 1925 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Mitchell, Ernest Meyer 1925 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Curtis, William John 1925 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Hammond, John Harold 1926 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Davidson, Colin George Watt 1926 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Browne, Joseph Alexander 1926 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Rogers, Percival Halse 1926 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Monahan, William Willis 1927 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Russell, Francis Alfred Allison 1927 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Bonney, Reginald Schofield 1927 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Jordan, Frederick Richard 1928 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Manning, Henry Edward 1928 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Stephen, Edward Milner 1928 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Markell, Horace Francis 1928 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Sheridan, John Patrick Garvan 1929 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Maxwell, Allan Victor 1929 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
McKean, Leslie John 1929 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Evatt, Herbert Vere 1929 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Garran, Robert Randolph 1932 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Abrahams, Leonard Sydney 1932 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Weston, Claude Alfred 1934 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Mason, Harold Harvey 1934 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Pitt, Arthur Gladstone Matcham 1934 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Hardwick, Charles Aubrey 1934 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Bradley, William James 1934 State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Williams, Dudley 1935 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Dovey, Wilfred Robert 1935 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Spender, Percy Claude 1935 Australian Dictionary of Biography State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
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Note for interest

William Charles Wentworth, admitted in 1824 with Robert Wardell as foundation barristers in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was accorded the distinction of wearing a silk gown in February 1835 – the first in private practice to be so recognised (Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1835). That was a ‘patent of precedence’ but did not entitle him to use the term ‘King’s Counsel’. Senior law officers customarily wore silk gowns in court in the early decades of the Supreme Court.

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