Henry Moses (2 November 1832 – 19 June 1926) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to baker Uriah Moses and his wife Ann. Educated locally, he went to the goldfields before becoming a miller a Windsor and eventually a pastoralist with extensive property. On 19 May 1857 he married Ann Primrose, with whom he had ten children. In 1869 he was elected to the

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for

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, serving until he retired in 1880. He returned in 1882 as a member for

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, but in 1885 was elevated to the Legislative Council, where he remained until 1923. Moses died at

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in 1926.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, Henry 1832 births 1926 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council