NSW Senior Counsel Appointments

Prior to 1993 silks were referred to as QC or KC (KC from 1901-1952) depending on the reigning sovereign - they commenced being referred to as SC on and from 1993. Please note that formal titles and/or post nominals that may have been held by an individual on their appointment as a silk have been omitted.

Note: An individual is not listed here if it is know he/she was appointed silk in another jurisdiction prior to taking silk status in NSW where this is known.

Name	Date of appointment	External links
Starke, Joseph Gabriel	1961
Kenny, Philip John	1961
Williams, John Myles	1961
Lee, John Austell	1961
Glass, Harold Hyam	1961
Jenkins, Hermann John	1961
Officer, Forbes John David	1962
Sweeney, John Bernard	1962
Whitlam, Edward Gough	1962
Hughes, Thomas Eyre Forrest	1962
Franki, Robert James Anning	1963
Cahill, Cedrick Alan Francis	1963
Fox, Russell Walter	1963
Street, Laurence Whistler	1963
Mason, Anthony Frank	1964
Kelly, Donald Francis	1964
Lusher, Edwin Augustus	1964
McGregor, Douglas Gordon	1964
Ellicott, Robert James	1964
Holland, Kevin James	1964
Samuels, Gordon Jacob	1964
Boulter, Thomas Alfred Milton	1965
Watson, Raymond Sanders	1965
Hiatt, Jack Thomas	1965
Wootten, Jack Halden	1965
Bellanto, Anthony John	1965
Cohen, Kenneth Arthur	1966
Muir, Alastair Gibson	1966
Gruzman, Laurence Charles	1966
Helsham, Michael Manifold	1966
Staunton, James Henry	1966
Deane, William Patrick	1966
Henchman, Hereward John Humfry	1967
Hutley, Francis Charles	1967
Loveday, Ray Francis	1967
Needham, George Denys	1967
Jeffrey, Philip John	1967
Robson, Hugh Walker	1968
Slattery, John Patrick	1968
Henderson, Robert Greenway	1968
Maxwell, Alan Victor	1968
Godfrey-Smith, David Laurie	1968
Morling, Trevor Rees	1968
Milne, Douglas Bertram	1968
Wran, Neville Kenneth	1968
Wright, Bertram John Fiennes	1969	State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Tanner, Leon George	1969
Bannon, Charles Joseph	1969
McAlary, Frank Stratton	1969
Ludeke, John Terrence	1969

Note for interest

William Charles Wentworth, admitted in 1824 with Robert Wardell as foundation barristers in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was accorded the distinction of wearing a silk gown in February 1835 - the first in private practice to be so recognised (Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1835). That was a 'patent of precedence' but did not entitle him to use the term 'King's Counsel'. Senior law officers customarily wore silk gowns in court in the early decades of the Supreme Court.