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Mr Francis WHITE (1830 - 1875)

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Date of Birth: 21/04/1830
Place of Birth: Ravensworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/05/1875
Place of Death: Edinglassie, near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 28 Jan 1875 28 Jan 1875 1 day
Member for Upper Hunter 28 Dec 1874 04 May 1875 4 months 7 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 28 Dec 1874 04 May 1875 4 months 7 days
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist and landowner. Educated at Maitland by Reverend John Gregor and Reverend Thomas Aitken. Qualified as a surveyor. Inherited Edinglassie estate from father and lived there for a long time. With two brothers leased Belltrees, W.C Wentworths freehold estate near Scone, in 1848; Purchased it in 1853. Lived there from 1853 until 1863. Returned to Edinglassie in 1863. Acquired freehold property in Hunter Valley and took up stations in Liverpool Plains and New England districts. Chairman of bench of magistrates at Muswellbrook. President of local hospital board and agricultural society. Brother of James White.
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Personal
Son of James White, overseer and later pastoralist, and Sarah Crossman. Married Mary Hannah Cobb of Anambah on 6 July 1853 at West Maitland and had issue, 2 daughters and 8 sons. Church of England.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.