Date of Birth: 09/01/1796
Place of Birth: Scotland
Date of Death: 27/12/1858
Place of Death: England
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
22 May 1856 |
08 Dec 1858 |
2 years 6 months 17 days |
First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 13 May 1856. |
| Acting Colonial Secretary |
26 Jan 1854 |
14 Jan 1856 |
1 year 11 months 20 days |
|
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
17 Jul 1843 |
29 Feb 1856 |
12 years 7 months 13 days |
A Non-Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 – 1856 |
| Member of the Executive Council |
25 Jun 1831 |
28 Apr 1856 |
24 years 10 months 4 days |
|
| Colonial Treasurer |
23 Aug 1830 |
05 Jun 1856 |
25 years 9 months 14 days |
|
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant. Matriculated in 1813 at Christ Church in Oxford but did not graduate. Admitted to Scottish faculty of advocates in 1819. Briefly became a Commissioner of inquiry in Ceylon. Arrived in New South Wales as Colonial Treasurer and held position until 1856. Member of Executive Council from 1831 until 1856. Retired on pension in 1856. Placed 11th by Governor Gipps on a list of the deserving when a colonial order of merit was proposed in 1844.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Milles Riddell and Margaretta Campbell. Married Caroline Stuart Rodney on 3 April 1830 in Colombo, Ceylon and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2
His house, 'Lindesay', at Darling Point in Sydney is now owned by the National
Trust of Australia: http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/properties/lind.html
