Henry Wrixon

The Honourable Sir Henry Wrixon KCMG, QC
17th Attorney-General of Victoria
In office 18 February 1886 – 4 November 1890
Premier	Duncan Gillies
Preceded by	George Kerferd
Succeeded by	William Shiels
Personal details
Born	Henry John Wrixon (1839-10-18)18 October 1839 Dublin, Ireland, UK
Died	9 April 1915(1915-04-09) (aged 75) Kew, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Charlotte Anderson
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Profession	Barrister

Sir Henry John Wrixon KCMG QC (18 October 1839 – 9 April 1913) was an Australian barrister and politician.

Early life

Wrixon was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Arthur Nicholas Wrixon and his wife, Charlotte Matilda. He was educated in Portland, Victoria, entered the University of Melbourne in its inaugural year of 1855, and became one of the earliest students to matriculate there. In 1857 he returned to Ireland and entered Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a BA in 1861; the same year was called to the Irish Bar.

References

• Eastwood, Jill (1976). "Wrixon, Sir Henry John (1839–1913)]". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 445–446. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Wrixon, Henry John". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.