Date of Birth: 01/05/1816
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of Death: 02/11/1902
Place of Death: Kurrajong Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
22 May 1856 |
13 May 1861 |
4 years 11 months 22 days |
First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 13 May 1856. |
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Was a Pastoralist when he was appointed to the Legislative Council. In 1857, he held eight squatting runs in unsettled districts (totalling 128,000 acres), in partnership with J.B. Rundle, (a member of the Legislative Council from 1881-1893). In 1850, he lived in Sydney and advertised for shares in the New Commercial Banking Company. In 1866 he lived at Kurrajong Heights in the Blue Mountains, where he contributed to the building of the Presbyterian Church, where there is a memorial to him and his wife.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
There is no record of his personal life. Buried at St David's Presbyterian Church, Kurrajong Heights.
Additional Information
References:
New South Wales. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1856-57,
volume one, p918; 1857, volume one, p 562;
Sydney Morning Herald, 4 February 1850, p4; 23 February 1850, p6;
Sands Sydney Directory, 1858-9;
Waugh's Australian Almanac, 1858.
