Background
HOLROYD, Edward Dundas was born on January 25, 1828. Son of Edward Holroyd, Senior Commissioner London Bankruptcy Court, 1831- 1869, grandson of Sir George Sowley Holroyd, Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, described by Lord Brougham as “high amongst the greatest of any age ”.
Education
Winchester (Queen’s gold medal for Latin and English Essays, 1845, 1846). Trinity College, Cambridge (1st Class Class. Tripos, Master of Arts 1854).
English Bar, 1855; Melbourne Bar, 1859. Tasmanian Bar, 1867; ottered a Judgeship, 1872 and 1873, but declined.
Career
Queen’s Counsel 1879. Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 1881-1906. President of Athenaeum and Savage Clubs, Melbourne.