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"SIR SAMUEL JAMES WAY, 1ST Bart. (1836-1916), Australian lawyer and politician, was born at Portsmouth April I 11836. He went to Australia in 1853 and was called to the South Australian bar in 1861, becoming Q.C. ten years later, AttorneyGeneral in 1875 and Chief Justice of S.A. in 1876. He entered the House of Assembly 1875, and in 1890 was lieut.-governor. He administered the government of the Colony ten times between 1877 and 1890, and in 1897 became the first representative of the Australasian Colonies on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He was created a baronet in Aug. 1899. He did much to help Australian sheep-breeding, and introduced the improved Shropshire sheep into Australia. He died Jan. 6 1916.