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Bundey William Henry New Forest 8 197
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BUNDEY, William Henry M Adelaide 345/180 1909
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Sir William Henry Bundey (30 January 1838 – 6 December 1909) was an Australian politician and judge.

Early life
Bundey was born in Exbury, Hampshire, England, the second son of James Bundey and his wife Harriett née Lockyer. The family emigrated to South Australia arriving on the "David Malcom" on 7 Apr 1849 after losing money in England. William's father died about a few weeks after his arrival, and the boy, though only 10 years of age, went to work in a solicitor's office. In 1856 he was appointed clerk of the City of Onkaparinga local court, but gave this position up about six years later to became articled to a solicitor. Bundey was practically self-educated but he was a good law student, and he was admitted to the bar in 1865. He became a most effective advocate, especially in criminal cases; he declined to defend prisoners unless he believed in their innocence. In 1878 he was appointed a Queen's Counsel.

Political career
In 1871 Bundey was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Onkaparinga, and from July 1874 to March 1875 was minister for justice and education in the third Arthur Blyth ministry. He was responsible for the bill to establish the University of Adelaide. He did not seek re-election in 1875 because of his health, but entered parliament again in 1878 and was attorney-general in the William Morgan ministry from September 1878 to March 1881. A trip through Europe and the east improved his health. Bundey returned to Adelaide at the end of April 1882. In 1884 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, a position he held for 19 years. He was appointed president of the board of conciliation in 1894 but resigned some 15 months later.

Bundey retired on a pension in 1903, was knighted in 1904, and died on 6 December 1909 at his home in Mount Lofty, South Australia. In 1865 he married Ellen Wardlaw, daughter of Sir William Milne, who survived him with a daughter, Ellen Milne Bundey. Miss Bundey wrote under the name of "Lyell Dunne" and published several volumes of verse.

As a young man Bundey was a captain in the Volunteer Military Movement and later became an expert yachtsman; he was also a cricket enthusiast. He was vice-commodore of the South Australian Yacht Squadron in 1870-74 and commodore in 1874-84. He published his Reminiscences of 25 Years' Yachting in Australia in 1888. As a politician he was responsible for the supreme court act, the district courts act, and insolvency and public trustee acts. As a judge he was courteous and particularly anxious to preserve the rights of the subject, and concerned that prisoners who were not defended should receive justice. He published several pamphlets including Land Reform, Education, Trades Unions (1889), Some Thoughts on the Administration of the Criminal Law (1891), Conviction of Innocent Men (1900).

BUNDEY, HON. WILLIAM HENRY, Q.C., of Zephyrside, Molesworth Street, North Adelaide, South Australia.

The Hon. Mr. Justice Bundey 's paternal grandfather was a Hampshire yeoman.

William Henry Bundey,
LAWYER, Politician, and Judge of Supreme Court of
South Australia ; second surviving son of the late James
Bundey, Esq., of Bashley Manor, near Lymington, Hamp-
shire. His mother was the daughter of James Grower
Lockyer, Esq., a gentleman of independent means, residing at
Exbury, Hampshire. Bashley was an old and extensive
estate, which had been much neglected. In its restoration
and improvement his father spent all his means, and his wife's
jointure, and by a series of misfortunes lost the whole. His
parents removed to Inchmerry Villa, Leap, nearly opposite
Cowes, at which lovely place he acquired that taste for yacht-
ing which he so strongly displayed in after life. It was
found impossible to retrieve the family fortunes, and
emigration to South Australia was determined upon, the
eldest son only remaining in England, where he was for many
years Inspector of Police in Scotland Yard, London. His
father never recovered from the shock occasioned by his
losses, and died within a fortnight of arrival in Australia in
1849. His mother, an intellectual woman, left with a family
of five children, without means or friends, displayed remark-
able courage and self-reliance, and throughout an honoured
life infused the same qualities into the minds of her children.
At ten years of age the subject of this notice entered a
solicitor's office ; at the age of eighteen years he filled the
position of Clerk of a country Local Court, and became
Captain of Volunteers. In 1865 he was called to the bar,
and in the same year married Ellen Wardlaw, second
daughter of the Honorable (now Sir) William Milne. He
entered Parliament in 1872, representing the district of
Onkaparinga, and in 1874 joined the Blyth Government as
Minister of Justice and Education. He resigned in January,
1875, when he declined re-election until 1878, in which year
he was again returned (for the same district) to Parliament.
Was appointed Queen's Counsel, and joined the Morgan
Administration as Attorney-General. In 1881 he was
compelled to resign this responsible portfolio in consequence
of failing health, and was ordered to take a prolonged voyage
to recruit ; he did so, but did not again enter Parliament.
The title of Honorable was conferred upon him in 1882, and
he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in July,
1884. He has always been an ardent supporter of Land
Reform, Law Reform, Education, Railway Construction, and
other public questions ; and by his earnest and enthusiastic
temperament succeeded in carrying several useful measures,
and obtained the confidence of his contemporaries and the
public. At all times a lover and supporter of manly sports,
he was in his early career a successful cricketer, and sub-
sequently a leading yachtsman. In 1869 he was one of the
founders of the now flourishing S. A. Yacht Club. He was
first elected Vice-Commodore, and eventually Commodore,
which latter position he held for ten consecutive years,
resigning it in 1883.

Wrote : "A Winter Cruise on Australia’s Great Waterway, and what I saw at Mildura." Adelaide, 1890. 24 pp.
and
"An unfashionable holiday : old scenes revisited and old memories revived : with some remarks on the coasting and fishing industries".
Published: [Adelaide ; s.n.], 1899 (Adelaide : Vardon and Pritchard). 44 p. ; 21 cm.
see http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-f7679
and
"Land reform and land taxation ; Education : free, compulsory, and secular ; Trades Unions : the rights and obligations of their members" / by W.H. Bundey.

First President of the South Australia Law Society: 1879-1881 The Hon W H Bundey QC MP

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