Samuel Milford
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Samuel Frederick Milford (16 September 1797 – 26 May 1865) was a barrister and judge, active in colonial New South Wales from 1843, a judge of Supreme Court of New South Wales.
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Milford was born in Exeter, Devon, England, the eldest son of Samuel Frederick Milford, D.L., of Heavitree, Devonshire. He received his preliminary education at the High School, Exeter, and afterwards graduated M.A. at St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London, and practised his profession for several years at Bristol, where he held the appointment of judge of the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court.{{cite Australasia|Milford, Samuel Frederick}}
Owing to bad health, he was induced to seek an appointment in Australia. Through the influence of his cousin Sir William Webb Follett, the then Attorney-General of England, he was appointed Master in Equity of New South Wales, and left London in September 1842 for Sydney. He landed on 1 January 1843, and held the post of Master in Equity, together with that of Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, until his appointment as Resident Judge in the district of Moreton Bay (now Queensland) in January 1856. Then he returned to Sydney in February 1859, and was a Supreme Court Judge till his death on 26 May 1865 in Maitland, New South Wales. He held also during this period the offices of Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty and Primary Judge in Equity.
Personal
Milford married Eliza Butler.{{cite web|title=Henry Milford|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=787029738|website=Former member register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|access-date=16 July 2023}} Their family included
- Major General Sussex Charles Milford (1825 – 1 April 1892)
- Herman George Milford (17 March 1830 – 15 November 1865){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63239718 |title=Law |newspaper=Empire |issue=4,397 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 November 1865 |access-date=16 July 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} lawyer
- Dr Frederick Milford (1834 – 1 August 1902),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228949696 |title=Death of Dr Milford |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=4514 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 August 1902 |access-date=16 July 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} surgeon
- Henry John Bede Milford (1 January 1833{{cite web|url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/milford-henry-john-14641 |title=Obituaries Australia: Milford, Henry John (1833–1888) |publisher=National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University |access-date=16 July 2023}} Other obituaries are less prescriptive, simply giving 1832–1833. – 29 February 1888), lawyer and politician. He married Catherine Charlotte Dick (1833 – 26 October 1884) c. May 1856. Their son Ernest Alexander Milford (19 December 1858 – 2 October 1942), was a lawyer in Queensland and New South Wales.
- Sophia Milford married Albrecht Feez on 13 October 1857
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