Beckett, Thomas Turner (1808-1892)

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Member of Upper House; solicitor
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à BECKETT, THOMAS TURNER (1808-1892), lawyer and politician, was born on 13 September 1808 in London, the second son of William à Beckett, solicitor, and his wife Sarah, née Abbott. After education at Westminster School, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn, was admitted as solicitor and attorney in 1829 and joined his father in practice in London. Always interested in law reform, à Beckett was accepted as a member of the Law Amendment Society and in London published several pamphlets, including Remarks on the Present State of the Law of Debtor and Creditor (1844), Railway Litigation, and How to Check It (1846), and Law-Reforming Difficulties (1849).

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  1. 'à Beckett, Thomas Turner (1808 - 1892)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    Betty Malone
    [1969]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 3
    pp 9-10.

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  1. Introduction and notes to the transfer of land statute of Victoria, by Thomas ?? Beckett ... with an index to the statute, by Arthur Seddon ..
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