{{Short description|Australian politician (1827–1897)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Travers Adamson | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = The Murray | assembly = Victorian Legislative | term_start = 23 October 1856 | term_end = 3 February 1858 | term_start1 = 22 February 1858 | term_end1 = 9 August 1859 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1827|8|6}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1897|4|4|1827|8|6}} | death_place = London, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | spouse = | alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin | profession = Barrister }}
'''Travers Adamson''' (6 August 1827 – 4 April 1897)<ref>{{cite re-member |num2=323 |name=Travers Adamson |accessdate = 12 April 2013}}</ref> was an Irish barrister, who served as a politician and Solicitor-General of Victoria.
Adamson was born in Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in 1849.<ref>"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p5: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935</ref> Following his studies at King's Inns, he was called to the Irish Bar in April 1850. He was admitted to practise at the Victorian Bar on 24 November 1852.<ref>{{Cite Australasia|Adamson, Travers}}</ref>
Adamson represented the Murray district in the first Legislative Assembly of Victoria, which assembled in November 1856. On 3 February 1858, he resigned the seat, having accepted the role of Prosecuting Barrister for Melbourne, and was re-elected to the assembly in a by-election on 22 February.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7146101 |title=NEW SOUTH WALES. |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=3637 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=5 February 1858 |accessdate=4 February 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1859, The Murray was changed to a single-member district, and Adamson contested the new electoral district of Castlemaine but was defeated.
Adamson was appointed solicitor-general in the Nicholson government from 27 October 1859 to 5 March 1860,<ref name="gazette 1859 2299">{{Gazette VIC |year=1859 |page=2299 |title=Appointment Solicitor-General Travers Adamson |date=27 October 1859}}</ref> and then Crown Prosecutor until he resigned in February 1883.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190597639 |title=THE CROWN PROSECUTOR. |newspaper=The Age |issue=8730 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 February 1883 |accessdate=4 February 2019 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He left Victoria for England, and resided in London where he died in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66522103 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Inquirer and Commercial News |volume=LVII |issue=3,132 |location=Western Australia |date=9 April 1897 |accessdate=4 February 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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