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REDMOND BARRY, K.C.M.G., M.A., LL.D.,T.C.D. 



Sir Redmond Barry was a native of Glan worth, in the county of 

 Cork, Ireland, and was born in 1813. He emigrated to Australia 

 in 1839, immediately after being called to the Irish bar. He went 

 first to Sydney, but did not remain there, and came to Melbourne 

 when Mr. Latrobe was then Superintendent; Victoria being at 

 that time only a province of New South Wales. 



In 1842 he was appointed commissioner of the newly-formed 

 Court of Requests, an office he held for several years. In 1850 he 

 became Solicitor-General, and a member of the Legislative and 

 Executive Councils. In 1851 he was appointed a judge of the 

 Supreme Court, a position he continued to hold up to the time of 

 his death. At various periods he acted as Chief Justice, and on 

 two occasions he administered the government of the colony. In 

 1860 he was knighted, and in 1876 he received the distinction of 

 K.C.M.G. 



His name will always be illustrious in the history of Victoria, 

 from his association with the University and the Public Library, 

 of both of which institutions he may be said to have been the 

 founder. He was the Chancellor of the former and chairman of 

 the trustees of the latter. The extraordinary progress of these 

 institutions is, in large measure, due to his strong interest in them ; 

 and during the two visits he paid to Europe and America, he 

 never lost an opportunity of making known their claims to atten- 

 tion. 



He was the first President of the Victorian Institute, which 

 was commenced in 1854, and which afterwards, uniting with the 

 Philosophical Society, helped to form the Philosophical Institute, 

 now the Royal Society of Victoria. He was, at various periods, 

 a member of the council of this body, and at all times exhibited a 

 sincere regard for its welfare. 



In all matters relating to the higher education, and to the fine 

 arts and their influence upon society, Sir Redmond Barry stood 

 foremost in this colony. He was himself a man of advanced 

 literary culture ; and to his influence, his example, and his un- 

 wearied efforts, much of the social progress of this colony is due. 



He died at East Melbourne on the 23rd of November, 1880, 

 aged sixty-seven. 



