Mr James CHISHOLM (1806 - 1888)

Date of Birth: 05/11/1806
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 24/06/1888
Place of Death: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	1 Sep 1851	29 Feb 1856	4yr(s) 5mth(s) 29day(s)		An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Counties of King and Georgiana
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	27 Jan 1865	24 Jun 1888	23yr(s) 4mth(s) 29day(s)		Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 17 October 1864.

Community Activity

Was the President of the Goulburn Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Donated Ł10,000 for the building of St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pastoralist. Was a pastoralist when he was elected to the old Legislative Council. Settled in the Goulburn district when he was young and had acquired extensive landed property there, including squatting interests. He held 'East Bland Plains', 'Kenu', 'Myali', Mount McPherson', 'Gledswood' (near Narellan) and 'Kippilaw' (near Goulburn). The latter was gained through marriage.

Personal

Son of James, a member of the New South Wales Corps, who later became a wine and spirit merchant. Married Elizabeth Margaret Kinghorne on 9 June 1829 in Sydney and had issue, 9 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

Town and Country Journal, ; Pioneer Families of New South Wales, Sydney 1948; Ford's Sydney and Commercial Directory, Sydney 1851; The New South Wales Gazetteer, Sydney 1866; The Biographical Register and other material in the offices of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] , page 383

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