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Percy Dawson (lawyer)

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Nationality
  
Australian

Occupation
  
Name
  
Percy Dawson


Born
  
1865
Cooma, New South Wales

Died
  
1916Wahroonga, New South Wales

Education
  
Newington CollegeUniversity of Sydney

Title
  
City of Sydney Solicitor

Spouse(s)
  
Miss Neilson of Waratah

Percy Sydney Dawson (1865–1916) was a founding partner of one of the legal firms that became Blake Dawson (now Ashurst Australia) and the first City Solicitor of the City of Sydney.

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Early life

Dawson was born in Cooma, New South Wales, and educated at Newington College (1881–1883) and the University of Sydney. He was the eighth son of Robert Dawson, who was for over 40 years the police magistrate in Cooma.

In 1886 Dawson was articled to solicitor George Charles King Waldron, and upon admission as a solicitor in 1891 the firm became known as Waldron & Dawson.

City Solicitor

On 9 February 1899, Dawson was appointed as the first City Solicitor for the City of Sydney.

Death

Dawson died at home in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga and was at the time the senior partner of the legal firm then known as Dawson, Waldron, and Glover, of Pitt Street. He was survived by a widow and four children, and his papers are held by the State Library of New South Wales.

References

Percy Dawson (lawyer) Wikipedia


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