Richard Sadleir (6 May 1794 – 6 March 1889) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to landowner James Sadleir. Despite an intention to enter the church, he went to sea with the

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in 1808, travelling widely before returning to Ireland a

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in 1821. In 1825 he migrated to

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, and in 1829 he married Ann Cartwright. From 1826 he was a settler in the

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, and from 1829 he was a schoolmaster at the Male Orphan School in

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. In 1861 he was elected to the

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for Lower Hunter, but he did not re-contest in 1864. He was an alderman and the first mayor of

from 1872. Sadleir died at Liverpool in 1889. The

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suburb of Sadleir was named after him.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 236

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadleir, Richard 1794 births 1889 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Irish emigrants to colonial Australia

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