# David Maughan

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{{Short description|Australian lawyer}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name             = Sir David Maughan
| honorific_suffix = [QC](/source/Queen's_Counsel)
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=y|1873|2|5}}
| birth_place      = [Paddington, New South Wales](/source/Paddington%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1955|11|3|1873|2|5|df=y}}
| death_place      = [Camperdown, New South Wales](/source/Camperdown%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia
| spouse           = {{marriage|Jean Barton|1909}}
| relatives        = [Edmund Barton](/source/Edmund_Barton) (father-in-law)
| education        = [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford) 
}}
'''Sir David Maughan''' [QC](/source/Queen's_Counsel) (5 February 1873 – 3 November 1955) was an Australian lawyer. He was one of [Sydney](/source/Sydney)'s best-known [barrister](/source/barrister)s, specialising in [Australian constitutional law](/source/Australian_constitutional_law). He served as president of the [Law Council of Australia](/source/Law_Council_of_Australia) and as an acting judge of the [Supreme Court of New South Wales](/source/Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales).

==Early life==
Maughan was born in [Paddington, New South Wales](/source/Paddington%2C_New_South_Wales), to Bertha Windeyer (née Thompson) and John Maughan. His father was born in Scotland and his mother was a third-generation Australian, a granddaughter of Sydney's first mayor [Charles Windeyer](/source/Charles_Windeyer). Maughan attended [The King's School, Parramatta](/source/The_King's_School%2C_Parramatta), where he was school captain. From 1891 he attended [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford), graduating [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) (1895) and [Bachelor of Civil Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Civil_Laws) (1896). He was called to the bar at [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) in 1896 and admitted to the New South Wales Bar in the same year.<ref name=adb>{{cite dictionary|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/maughan-sir-david-7530|title= Maughan, Sir David (1873–1955)|dictionary=[Australian Dictionary of Biography](/source/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography)|author=Anthony Fisher|year=1986}}</ref>

==Career==
Maughan read law with Langer Owen and eventually developed a thriving practice of his own. He was appointed [King's Counsel](/source/King's_Counsel) in 1919 and was an "expert in constitutional law".<ref name=adb/> On two occasions, Maughan was appointed as an acting judge of the [Supreme Court of New South Wales](/source/Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales) – for six months in 1924 and also from May 1936 to March 1937. He served multiple terms on the [Council of the Bar of New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_Bar_Association), was a member of the Barristers' Admission Board,<ref name=arc>{{cite news|url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/person/116|title=Sir David Maughan MA, BCL, LLB, KC|publisher=NSW State Archives & Records}}</ref> and was president of the [Law Council of Australia](/source/Law_Council_of_Australia) from 1941 to 1945, the longest-serving president in the council's history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/about-us/our-presidents|publisher=[Law Council of Australia](/source/Law_Council_of_Australia)|title=About Us: Our Presidents}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Outside of his professional activities, Maughan was chairman of the Free Library Council and the Big Brother Movement, a director of the [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](/source/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital), a governor of [The King's School, Parramatta](/source/The_King's_School%2C_Parramatta), and a vice-president of the New South Wales Rowing Association and New South Wales Rugby Union.<ref name=adb/> He was knighted for public service in 1951.<ref name=arc/>

Maughan married Jean Alice Barton on 30 March 1909, and had two children.<ref name=adb/> His father-in-law was  Sir [Edmund Barton](/source/Edmund_Barton), the first [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (1901–1903) and a judge of the [High Court of Australia](/source/High_Court_of_Australia) (1903–1920). He served as executor of Edmund Barton's estate and helped preserve his archives.<ref>{{cite book|title=Edmund Barton: The One Man For The Job|author=[Geoffrey Bolton](/source/Geoffrey_Bolton)|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2000|pages=312, 340}}</ref>

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Category:Australian Knights Bachelor
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