Percy Sydney Dawson (1865–1916)Death of Mr. Dawson - SMH: Wednesday 1 March 1916 was a founding partner of one of the legal firms that became Blake Dawson (now Ashurst Australia) and the first City Solicitor of the City of Sydney.State Library NSW - Papers relating to the Sydney Municipal Council: 1844-1903
Early life Dawson was born in Cooma, New South Wales, and educated at Newington College (1881–1883)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 50 and the University of Sydney.Alumni Sidneienses He was the eighth son of Robert Dawson, who was for over 40 years the police magistrate in Cooma.
Legal career In 1886 Dawson was articled to solicitor George Charles King Waldron, and upon admission as a solicitor in 1891 the firm became known as Waldron & Dawson.The making of a national firm: Blake Dawson Retrieved 25 January 2017.
City Solicitor On 9 February 1899, Dawson was appointed as the first City Solicitor for the City of Sydney.State Library NSW - Papers relating to the Sydney Municipal Council: 1844-1903
Death Dawson died at home in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga and was at the time the senior partner of the legal firm then known as Dawson, Waldron, and Glover, of Pitt Street. He was survived by a widow and four children, and his papers are held by the State Library of New South Wales.State Library NSW - Dawson, Waldron, Edwards and Nicholls client's documents, 1833-1918, with related papers
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