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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1856–1861
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1856 to 1861 were appointed for a fixed term by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. The 1855 Constitution of New South Wales provided that the first council following self-government was for a period of 5 years from the first appointments, but that subsequent members would be appointed for life. The first appointments were on 13 May 1856 so that the first term lapsed on 13 May 1861. The number of members of the council had to be at least 21 and subsequent appointments also lapsed on 13 May 1861. The President was Sir Alfred Stephen until 28 January 1857, John Plunkett until 6 February 1858 and then Sir William Burton. The 3 judges of the Supreme Court, Sir Alfred Stephen, John Dickson and Roger Therry were all among the initial appointments to the Legislative Council in 1856. Stephen accepted the position of President and was particularly active in the council, introducing 14 bills, 6 of which were pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when New South Wales was a British colony under the control of the Governor, and was first established by the ''New South Wales Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Riley (politician)
Charles Riley was an Australian politician. He was a barrister who was called to the bar in 1852. He resided on the North Shore. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ... from 1856 until his resignation in 1858. While in parliament, he was involved in a public stoush with William Forster over media reports regarding comments allegedly made in parliament. References Year of birth unknown Year of death missing Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Busby (politician)
Alexander Busby (1808 – 26 April 1873) was an English-born Australian politician. He was the son of surveyor John Busby and Sarah Kennedy, and migrated to New South Wales in 1824. He bought land near Cassilis in the 1830s in partnership with his brother William. A pastoralist, he married Caroline Cripps. From 1856 to 1858 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th .... Busby died in England in 1873. References 1808 births 1873 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lethbridge (politician)
Robert Lethbridge was an Australian politician. He was a navy captain, and married Mary Luxmore in 1822, after which he migrated to New South Wales to breed merino sheep. He acquired extensive pastoral land in the colony. From 1856 to 1857 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lethbridge, Robert Year of birth unknown Year of death missing Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bloomfield (politician)
Lieutenant-General Henry Keane Bloomfield ( - 11 February 1870) was an English soldier and whilst serving in New South Wales an Australian politician. He was a soldier, being first commissioned as an ensign in 1813 with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. He served at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and received the Waterloo Medal, and in 1817 was promoted to lieutenant. In 1823 he transferred to the 11th Regiment of Foot. He was further promoted to captain in 1824, major in 1838 and lieutenant colonel in 1845. He became a brevet colonel in 1858. In 1856, while in command of the army in New South Wales, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, but he left the colony with his regiment in 1857. In 1867 he was given the colonelcy for life of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was created as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Knox (Australian Politician)
Sir Edward Knox (6 June 1819 – 7 January 1901) was a Danish-born Australian politician, sugar refiner and banker. Early life He was born in Helsingør, Denmark, to merchant George Knox and Elizabeth Frances, née Mullens. His father was from Scotland. His mother was born in Bordeaux. He received his schooling at Sorø Academy. He became a merchant at 16, training in Lübeck, Germany, before entering his uncle's London merchant house as a clerk. He then migrated to Sydney in 1840 deciding on a new life as a pastoralist. Career in business He was employed by the Australian Auction Company and in 1843 rose to the position of manager before transferring to the Australasian Sugar Company. He was eventually a partner in a sugar distillery, which he leased to his employers. In 1855 he founded the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, of which he was the first chairman of directors, a position he held until 1901. Knox expanded his interests establishing refineries and mills throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lamb (Australian Politician)
Commander John Lamb (1790 – 17 January 1862) was an English-born Australian naval officer, banker and politician. The son of Captain Edward Lamb of the East India Company and Eliza Buchanan, Lamb was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 10 September 1844. He had a distinguished career with the Royal Navy, beginning at age 11 on his uncle Captain, Captain William Buchanan's British Navy warship, the ''Leviathan''. Lamb was noted for his role in several feats over the French and accepted the rank of retired naval commander in May 1846. Commander Lamb founded a banking family in Australia as chairman of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (now National Australia Bank). Four of his sons also became CBCS directors, namely the bankers and politicians Walter Lamb, Alfred Lamb (Australian politician), Alfred Lamb, Edward Lamb (politician), Edward Lamb and the banker Chislehurst, Chatswood, John de Villiers Lamb. His wife Emma (née Robinson) was the daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wise (judge)
Edward Wise (13 August 1818 – 28 September 1865) was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Wise was born in England, educated at Rugby School, and called to the bar in 1844. He went to Sydney, Australia in 1855 and soon afterward entered politics, being appointed as a member of the Legislative Council. He became Solicitor General in the Parker Parker may refer to: Persons * Parker (given name) * Parker (surname) Places Place names in the United States *Parker, Arizona *Parker, Colorado *Parker, Florida *Parker, Idaho *Parker, Kansas *Parker, Missouri *Parker, North Carolina *Parker, Pe ... ministry in May 1857, and Attorney-General of New South Wales under Forster in October 1859. He resigned in 1860 and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, but his health gave way and he died while on a visit to Melbourne, on 28 September 1865. He was the author of treatises on ''The Law Relating to Riots and Unlawful Assemblies'' (1848), ''The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Isaacs
Robert McIntosh Isaacs (26 September 1815 – 26 March 1876) was an Australian politician. Robert M. Isaacs was born at Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, the son of Robert Glover Isaacs and Ann (''née'' Frett). He was educated in England and called to the bar in 1839. On 27 July 1841, he married Barberina Rogers Harrison, with whom he had six children. From about 1846, Isaacs practiced as a barrister on the island of Antigua in the West Indies, during which time he was a member of the Legislature. For a period, he filled the role of acting Chief Justice and for several years was Chancellor to the Bishop. Isaacs and his family left the West Indies at the end of 1854 for England.Obituary: Mr. R. M. Isaacs ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 April 1876, page 7. In October 1855, Isaacs and his family sailed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tooth
Robert Tooth (28 May 1821 in Cranbrook, Kent, England – 19 September 1893 in Bedford, England) was one of three brothers of Sydney's Tooth brewery family. He built two of Sydney's grandest houses, Cranbrook House and The Swifts. Early life Robert was the first son of Robert Tooth (b.1799) and Mary Ann (née Reader), a hops merchant of Swifts Park, Cranbrook, Kent, England. His brothers were Edwin (1822–1858), Frederick (1827–1893), Rev Charles Tooth (1831-1894) and Rev Arthur Tooth (1839–1931). His uncle was John Tooth (b. 1803), Cranbrook merchant and brewer, who first migrated to Sydney in the Bencoolen in 1828 and received a 2560-acre (1036 ha) grant in Durham County, New South Wales. After John established himself as a successful merchant he opened the Kent Brewery on Parramatta Road. In August 1843 Robert and Edwin arrived in Sydney on the Euphrates. The enduring merchant and brewing firm of R. and E. Tooth began on 1 September 1843 when John leased them the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Douglass
Henry Grattan Douglass (1790 – 1 December 1865) was an Irish-born Australian medical doctor and politician. He was born in Dublin to apothecary Adam Douglass and Ann Edwards. He studied medicine and qualified fully in 1819. In 1812 he married Hester Murphy, with whom he had three children. In 1821 he migrated to New South Wales and became in charge of a hospital at Parramatta, also conducting his own private practice. He was a supporter of the faction known as 'the Exclusives'—wealthy landholders who supported Governor Ralph Darling—and was made Clerk of the Legislative Council and Commissioner of the Court of Requests. These appointments enraged the opposing 'Emancipists' faction, who thought him unqualified for these roles and just another beneficiary of what they viewed as the favouritism and cronyism of Darling's administration. Paradoxically, as a result of his political involvement, he fell out with Darling. Douglass was given a grant of land, near to the Endrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walker (New South Wales Politician)
James Walker (I November 1785 – 24 November 1856) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He came to New South Wales in 1823 with the Royal Marine Artillery, and became a merchant in partnership with his brother and nephews. . He acquired extensive pastoral land in the 1840s. In May 1856 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, but he died on in Sydney, . Qualifications, occupations and interests James Walker joined the Royal Marine Artillery and arrived in Sydney in September 1823 as an officer with the Royal Marine Artillery as an officer on half-pay and a shareholder with his elder brother William and two nephews, William Bejamin and one other in William Walker & Company; merchants, coastal shippers and whalers. He was soon granted 2000 acres at Wallerawang and settled there in 1824. He visited London with his brother in 1831, founding Walker Bros. & Company; in which in the late 1830s exported large quantities of wool to London. In the 1840s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
