Joshua Josephson

Joshua Frey Josephson (1815 – 26 January 1892)[1] was a judge and politician in colonial New South Wales,[2] Solicitor-General of New South Wales 1868 to 1869.[1]

Josephson was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of Jacob Josephson and his wife Emma Wilson, a widow née Moss. Josephson arrived in New South Wales in 1820.[3]

Josephson was elected a member for Braidwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 13 December 1864, a seat he held until 3 September 1869.[4] He was appointed Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 27 October 1868 to 9 September 1869 in the 2nd government of John Robertson.[1] He then became a District Court Judge.[2]

Josephson died in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales on 26 January 1892. He was survived by four sons and eight daughters of his first wife, a daughter of his second wife Katerina Frederica née Schiller (married April 1868, died 1884), and by his third wife Elizabeth Geraldine, née Brenan.[3]

References

1. "Mr Joshua Frey Josephson (1815-1892)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Josephson, His Honour Joshua Frey" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
3. Holt, H. T. E. "Josephson, Joshua Frey (1815–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 3 January 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
4. Green, Antony. "Elections for Braidwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

  

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Henry Milford	Member for Braidwood 1864–1869	Succeeded by Michael Kelly
Political offices
Preceded by Robert Isaacs	Solicitor General 1868 – 1869	Succeeded by Julian Salomons