Lewis, Orr & Gibson


Name: LEWIS, ORR AND GIBSON 
Activity : Lawyers 
Date Range:  1837–1952 
Quantity:  4 m. (29 archive boxes) 
Description:  Legal documents and some accompanying correspondence, 1837–1952; some business and family documents (along with numerous legal documents) of James G. Robertson and family of Mt. Mitchell and other estates. 
Listed:  Yes listed 
Accession Number:  62 / 1 
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  • Details

    Accession Number: 62/1

    Name: LEWIS, ORR AND GIBSON
    Sex:Group: Business, organisations

    Activity:Lawyers

    Location:Melbourne

    Historical Note: Lewis, Orr and Gibson' lineage goes back to the earliest days of the Port Phillip settlement when R.E. Lewis joined K.E. Brodribb and Thomas Crisp's legal partnership in 1860. Subsequent partners included Henry Hedderwick, W.J. Fookes and Lewis' son, R.R. Lewis. Their clients included many early Melbourne notables and businesses and many large landowners throughout Victoria and New South Wales.

    Earliest Date: 1837
    Latest Date: 1952
    Access: Open
    Quantity: 4 m. (29 archive boxes)

    Description: Legal documents and some accompanying correspondence, 1837–1952; some business and family documents (along with numerous legal documents) of James G. Robertson and family of Mt. Mitchell and other estates.

    Persons:Robertson, James
    Blackwood, James
    Buchanan, Margaret G.
    Clark, W.I.T.
    Morrison, C.G.
    Davenport, G.H.
    Lewis, R.E.
    Laidlaw, R.

    Organisations:Brodribb, Crisp and Lewis
    Colonial Insurance Co.
    Crisp and Lewis

    Places:Melbourne
    Victoria
    United Kingdom
    New South Wales
    South Australia
    New Zealand
    United States

    Subjects:Land transfer
    Law
    Conveyancing

    Listed: Yes listed
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