Edward Wise (judge)

Edward Wise (13 August 1818 – 28 September 1865) was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

He went to Sydney, Australia in 1855 and soon afterward entered politics, being appointed as a member of the Legislative Council.

[1] He became Solicitor General in the Parker ministry in May 1857, and Attorney-General of New South Wales under Forster in October 1859.

[1] He resigned in 1860 and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, but his health gave way and he died while on a visit to Melbourne, on 28 September 1865.

He married Maria Bate, daughter of Lieutenant John Smith, R.N.. Their second son, Bernhard Wise, was born in Sydney on 10 February 1858.