John Kinchela (1774 – 21 July 1845) was an Irish-Australian barrister, politician and judge.
He was born inKilkenny to merchant and bleacher John Kinchela and Rosina. Kinchela went toKilkenny College. He attendedTrinity College, Dublin, where he studied law, and from 1798 was a barrister. He was an alderman at Kilkenny in 1817 and served as mayor in 1819. On 4 April 1796 he married Elizabeth Thornton, with whom he had three children; following her death, he married Anne Bourne on 19 February 1807 and had a further three children.[1]
In 1825 he was sent to theWest Indies, and after a period in London he was sent toNew South Wales asAttorney General in 1831. He held the role until 1836, when he was appointed an acting judge on theSupreme Court. He retired in 1837 to become deputy commissary in the Vice Admiralty Court, and in 1840 he became master of equity. He retired for good in 1841 due to ill health, and died atLiverpool in 1845.[2]
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