Life
1815-1889 [Sir William Foster Stawell]; First Chief-Justice of Victoria; ed. TCD, bar, 1839; Melbourne bar, 1842; first Attorney-Gen. Victoria, 1851-, drafting early laws and preparing Constitution Act, 1854-55; member for Melbourne, 1857; knighted 1858; lieutenant-gov., 1887-89; KCMG; d. Naples. ODNB