death_place death_date years_active birth_place religion party denomination birth_date known_for residence article_title name occupation death_cause
leichhardt , new south wales 31 august 1862 1818-1860 hastings , sussex , england christian protectionist church of england in australia 27 july 1795 founding first law firm in australia `` elswick '' , leichhardt james norton -lrb- solicitor -rrb-
 james norton attorney , solicitor , farmer , horticulturist , legislator lupus
james norton -lrb- solicitor -rrb-

james norton -lrb- 27 july 179531 august 1862 -rrb- was a solicitor and public figure in early colonial new south wales .
admitted to practise in england , he arrived in sydney in september 1818 where only four other attorneys were then practising .
he was the founder of the first law firm in sydney .
he was a member of the first legislative council under responsible government in new south wales in 1856 and drafted numerous laws .
he held land at mulgoa which was farmed and owned `` elswick '' , a 30 ha estate in what is now leichhardt where he grew prize flowers and plants .
he was a leading sydney member of the anti-transportation league and a protectionist in whose cause he published a series of pamphlets .
