Aileen Constance Ingleby

Aileen Constance Ingleby was born 28 August 1898.^[1]  Both Aileen’s father, Rupert Ingleby, and her grandfather, served as King’s Counsels.^[2] 

She attended Mount Gambier Grammar School,^[3] before enrolling in law at the University of Adelaide. It was while playing on the women's hockey team at the University that Aileen encouraged Dorothy Somerville to enrol in a law degree.^[4]

Aileen became the second woman to graduate from the University of Adelaide Law School and was called to the Bar in 1921,^[5] after which she was articled to her father at his firm, Ingleby and Wallman.^[6] 

Her law career would be short lived however, with Aileen only practicing for a few years before marrying Reverend John Leslie Bond in 1924.^[7] 

Aileen died on 13 September 1998 in South Australia.^[8] 

Aileen’s grandson, James Crawford, was also an Adelaide Law School graduate, and became the second Australian to be elected to the International Court of Justice in 2014.^[9] 

Footnotes:

1. South Australian Register 1898, 'Family Notices', South Australian Register, 5 September, p. 4, viewed 30 January 2023, <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54401813>.

2. Barrier Miner 1921, 'Something for everybody', Barrier Miner, 19 December, p. 1, viewed 30 January 2023, <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45571222>.

3. The Narracoorte Herald 1913, 'Advertising', The Narracoorte Herald, 10 October, p. 2, viewed 30 January 2023, <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147026903>.

4. Emerson, J 2020, A History of the Independent Bar of South Australia, Barr Smith Press, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, p. 28.

5. University of Adelaide Calendar 1922, W. K. Thomas & Co., Printers, Adelaide, p. 58.

6. The Dawn 1924, 'What women law students have done in South Australia' The Dawn, 22 April, p. 6, viewed 30 January 2023,
<http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256297000>.

7. Chronicle 1924, 'Family notices', Chronicle, 31 May, p. 39, viewed 30 January 2023, <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89360059>.

8. Heywood, A & Secomb, R 2019, 'Bond, Aileen Constance (1898-1998)', The Australian Women’s Register, viewed 31 January 2023, <https://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0846b.htm>.

9. Whalan, Roscoe 2015, ‘Legal mind nurtured in SA, shaping the world', InDaily, viewed 31 January 2023, <https://indaily.com.au/news/2014/11/27/james-crawford/>. 

Image:

Aileen Constance Ingleby 1920, 'Intervarsity women's hockey', University of Adelaide, University Archives, Series 524, Item 217.