Edmund Barton GCMG KC (1849 - 1920)

Born 18 Jan 1849 in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Jean Mason (Ross) Barton — married 28 Dec 1877 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1920 at age 70 in Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

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Edmund Barton GCMG KC was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Sir Edmund 'Toby' Barton, GCMG, PC, KC, MA,, federationist, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a High Court Judge.

Edmund 'Toby' Barton was born on the 18th of January 1849 at Glebe, New South Wales (Australia), the third son and youngest child of William Giles Barton and his wife, Mary Louisa Whydah. ^[1] He was baptised on the 4th of July 1849 in St James' Church of England (now Anglican Church), Sydney, New South Wales. His older brother was George Burnett Barton.

Barton married Jane Mason Ross on the 28th of December 1877 in the Watt Street Presbyterian Manse, Newcastle, New South Wales. ^[2] The six children of Edmund Barton and Jane Mason Ross were:

1. Edmund Alfred Barton (1879-1949; he served as a District and Supreme Court Judge) ^[3]
2. Wilfred Alexander Barton (1880-1953) ^[4]
3. Jean Alice Barton (1882-1957) ^[5]
4. Arnold Hubert Barton (1884-1948) ^[6]
5. Oswald Barton (1888-1956) ^[7]
6. Leila Stephanie Barton (1892-1976) ^[8]

Edmund Barton died on the 7th of January 1920, at 70 years of age, at the Hydro Majestic, Medlow Bath, in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, ^[9] and was buried in the Anglican Section of South Head General Cemetery, Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales. ^[10]

Career

Edmund Barton was educated at Fort Street Model School and Sydney Grammar School where he was dux and school captain. He earned B.A (1868) and M.A (1870) from University of Sydney and became a barrister.

He was elected to the New South Wales State Parliament in 1879, was Speaker of the House (1883-87) and Attorney General in 1889 amd 1891-93, when he emerged as the leader of the Federation movement.

He was appointed the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia as the head of a Liberal-Protectionist Govenment on 1 January 1901, serving until he was appointed one of the first justices of the High court (1903-20).

Genealogy of Edmund Barton

Edmund Barton's father, William, arrived in Sydney from London in 1827 as accountant to the Australian Agricultural Co, later working as a financial agent and sharebroker. William's father was a London perfumer, whose father had come to London from Exeter in Devon. Other surnames in the tree are Whyday, Synett, Gray and Ellis, about which little is known.

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Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index: Name: BARTON, EDMUND; Ref: #369/1849 V1849369 34A; Parents: WILLIAM & MARY L.
2. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index: Ref: #4013/1878; Name: BARTON, EDWARD; (forename listed as Edward) & ROSS, JANE M.; District: NEWCASTLE
3. ↑ 'Barton, Edmund Alfred (1879–1949)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Edmund, Obituary, accessed 4 July 2017 .
4. ↑ 'Barton, Wilfred Alexander (1880–1953)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Wilfred, accessed 4 July 2017 .
5. ↑ 'Maughan, Jean Alice (1882–1957)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Jean, accessed 4 July 2017.
6. ↑ 'Barton, Arnold Hubert (1884–1948)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Arnold, accessed 4 July 2017.
7. ↑ 'Barton, Oswald (1888–1956)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Oswald, accessed 4 July 2017 .
8. ↑ 'Scot-Skirving, Leila Stephanie (1892–1976)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Leila, accessed 4 July 2017.
9. ↑ New South Wales Death Index: Name: BARTON, EDMUND; Ref: #7298/1920; Parents: WILLIAM & LOUISA; District: KATOOMBA
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images : accessed 21 Dec 2018), memorial page for Sir Edmund Barton (18 Jan 1849–7 Jan 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #11081818, citing South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Find A Grave.

See also:

• Edmund Barton Wikipedia entry.
• "Biography - Sir Edmund (Toby) Barton", Australian Dictionary Of Biography. 2022. Adb.Anu.Edu.Au.Edmund Barton,ADB.
• National Museum of Australia - Edmund Barton
• Museum of Australian Democracy - Edmund Barton
• Edmund Barton: 1st Prime Minister of Australia from the State Library of South Australia
• Reynolds, Edmund Barton, (Sydney, 1948)