10105 Mary Walker Embroidery (visual works), 1830.

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10105 Mary Walker Embroidery (visual works), 1830.

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Framed embroidered sampler worked by Mary Walker bearing the address of Bourne House, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, with the date 18 October and the year 1830. Mary Walker went on to become the mother of Queensland chief justice and premier (Sir) Samuel Griffith.

0.01 linear metres 20.5 x 13 cm [sight]

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Griffith, Samuel Walker, Sir, 1845-1920

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Legislation and first Chief Justice of Australia. 1871 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the representative for East Moreton. Premier of Queensland 1883-1888 and 1890-1893. Chief Justice of Queensland from 1893. Lieutenant Governor of Queensland 1899-1903. Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1903-1919. From the description of OM64-10 Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Papers, 1861-1862; ca.1891. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755715720 Fir...

Walker, Mary (Mary Walker Griffith)

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Mary Walker was the second daughter of Peter Walker, a draper. She married Edward Griffith a minister of the English Independent Church at Castle Street Chapel, Swansea on 18 October 1842. According to Roger Joyce's biography of Samuel Griffith, Mary Walker had been living in Swansea, Wales at the time of her marriage. Mary Walker's early link with Somerset, as revealed by the sampler has not been explained or investigated by her son's biographers. Interestingly, Edward Griffith, served as pasto...

Griffith, Edward Rev, 1819-1891.

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