David Ryrie (16 August 1829 – 13 July 1893) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to pastoralist Stewart Ryrie and Isabella Cassels. A pastoralist himself, he ran a number of properties with his brother

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. On 8 November 1865 he married Ellen Eliza Faunce, with whom he had eleven children. He was elected to the

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for Monaro in an 1884 by-election, but did not re-contest the general election the following year. Ryrie died in Sydney in 1893.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryrie, David 1829 births 1893 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Settlers of New South Wales

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