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Sir '''John Madden''' ([[16 May]] [[1844]] – [[10 March]] [[1918]]), [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[Australia]]n jurist and politician, was the fourth [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]].

 

 

Madden was born in the village of [[Cloyne]], near [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]], in 1844, the second of seven sons of a Cork [[solicitor]] also named John Madden. The family moved to [[London]], [[England]] in [[1852]], where his father had taken a job managing an insurance company, and there Madden attended a private school. He also spent some time at a college in [[Beauchamp]], [[France]]. In January [[1857]], the family emigrated to [[Melbourne]], Australia, where John Madden senior was admitted as a [[barrister]] to the [[Victorian Bar]]. The family lived in the suburb of [[Flemington, Victoria|Flemington]]. Madden was enrolled in St Patrick's College in [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]]. He later studied at the [[University of Melbourne]], graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in [[1864]], a Bachelor of Laws in [[1865]].