James Wilshire (manufacturer)
James Wilshire may refer to: *James Robert Wilshire (1809–1860), Australian politician *James Thompson Wilshire James Thompson Wilshire (20 April 1837 – 28 April 1909) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to James Robert Wilshire and Elizabeth Thompson, a member of a prominent and well-connected colonial family. He was educated at Pet ...

James Robert Wilshire
James Robert Wilshire (29 July 1809 – 30 August 1860) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1855 and 1856 and again from 1858 until his death. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term between 1856 and 1857. Personal life Wilshire was the second son of a successful Sydney tanner, James Wilshire and his wife Esther, ''née'' Pitt. The Wilshires were one of the oldest colonial families in New South Wales, James's grandfather, also James Wilshire, having arrived in the colony in 1800. Wilshire was educated privately and worked in his father's tannery which he inherited in 1840. He married twice, first to Elizabeth Thompson (in 1836) and, following her death in 1846, married her younger sister, Sarah in 1847. He had twelve children in all, five with Elizabeth, and then seven with Sarah. His oldest, James Thompson Wilshire, became a politician, and his youngest (born a week after his d ...
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