Archibald Forsyth (10 March 1826 – 15 March 1908) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to carpenter John Forsyth and Helen Young. He worked on the railways and in the timber trade before migrating to

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in 1848. He logged cedar on the

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before following the gold rush across New South Wales and

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. He was married three times: firstly on 21 January 1854 to Sarah Corbett, with whom he had nine children; secondly on 24 October 1877 to Sarah Spottiswood Emmett née Blackham (widow of

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); and thirdly around 1906 to Harriet Grace Walker. A general merchant from 1862 to 1864, he established the first rope factory in

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in 1865. He was the first president of the Chamber of Manufacturers in 1885, lead the Protection Union in 1886, and helped found the Animal Protection Society in 1873. In 1885 he was elected to the

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for South Sydney, but he was defeated in 1887. Forsyth died at Randwick in 1908.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forysth, Archibald 1826 births 1908 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians