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Francis Pratt Winter (1848 - 1919)

Sir Francis Pratt Winter
Born in Clarendon, Colony of Tasmaniamap
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Husband of — married 1903 in Victoria, Australiamap
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Died at age 71 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australiamap
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Francis Pratt Winter was born on February 23, 1848 in Clarendon, Colony of Tasmania, son of George Winter (1814–1879) and Elizabeth Cox (1822–1899).

Sir Francis Pratt Winter, CMG was chief judicial officer of British New Guinea. He was knighted by letters patent in 1900.[1]

Francis (54) married Eliza Moore (34) (born in 1868 in Ballarat, Victoria; daughter of George Moore and Elizabeth Jane Cazaly) in 1903 in Victoria.

Francis died on March 29, 1919 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, aged 71.[2]

DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS PRATT WINTER.
MELBOURNE, Sunday.
The death occurred on Saturday at his residence, High-street, Armadale, at the age of 71 years, of Sir Francis Pratt Winter, who was the first Chief Judicial Officer in British New Guinea (1888-1903), and was well remembered as a barrister and solicitor in Queensland and Fiji, having been Acting Attorney-General in Fiji.[3]

He was buried at Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Francis Pratt Winter. (2022, November 22). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pratt_Winter
  2. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV7B-KTY : Fri Mar 08 20:14:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Francis P Winter, 24 4 1919.
  3. ↑ DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS PRATT WINTER. (1919, March 31). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15831989
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208266813/francis_pratt-winter: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for Francis Pratt Winter (1848–30 Mar 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208266813, citing Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).




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