Background
He was born in Randwick to farmer Magnus Jackson Peden, a mayor of Randwick, and Elizabeth Neathway Brown.
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He was born in Randwick to farmer Magnus Jackson Peden, a mayor of Randwick, and Elizabeth Neathway Brown.
He attended public school at Bega before studying at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1892 and a Bachelor of Law in 1898.
He was an assistant lecturer in Latin at the university from 1896 to 1898, when he was called to the Barometer He lectured in law from 1903 and became a professor in 1910. From 1929 to 1946 he was President of the Council.
He was both the last President appointed directly by the governor, and the first elected by his fellow councillors.
Peden died in Paddington in 1946.