22:(c. 1849 – 1 October 1937) was an English barrister who had a prominent career in Australia. He was the author of several important legal works and popular stage plays. He was personally involved in a bigamous marriage and two libel cases, then was accused of master-minding an insurance fraud. He changed legal jurisdictions several times in what appears to be attempts to start afresh.
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from two Indian fellow-students. While at
Cambridge he was involved with the Amateur Dramatic Club, and participated in rowing, fencing and billiards. On leaving university he worked in his father's office, then thanks to his knowledge of Hindustani was recruited by
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criticising the medical system there, which was taken as a personal attack by the visiting surgeon, Dr O'Connor, who sued the newspaper and was awarded £500. The Sydney newspapers reported that
Elizabeth Linklater née Honey divorced him in Autumn, 1880.
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pending arrival of evidence from
England. When that failed to materialise he was released on his own recognizance. While in jail he wrote, as "The Man in the Iron Mask", an item for the
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In 1876 Linklater left for New South Wales, where he joined the Bar, and had a considerable practice. He wrote a treatise on the Law of
Divorce, and served as Government reporter in the
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He acted as lawyer for Barker, Hicks, and
Forsyth in the 1880 insurance fraud trials, but was later accused by Forsyth, of being ringleader of the conspiracy.
142:. In 1883 he was sued for libel for an article in that paper describing how Moss Samuel Solomon had been caught spying on the ladies' dressing-room at the
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by the actresses concerned. Linklater was found guilty and made to publish an apology and fined £100, perhaps $ 10,000 in today's values.
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Linklater was born in 1847 or c. 1849, the son of a London solicitor who specialized in bankruptcy. He was educated at Eton, and entered
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the
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and was responsible for several works for the theatre. He also acted as South
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Linklater died on 1 October 1937. There was no obituary and his death notice may have been placed by the
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