Richard Sadleir (6 May 1794 – 6 March 1889) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born at
Cork
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to landowner James Sadleir. Despite an intention to enter the church, he went to sea with the
Royal Navy in 1808, travelling widely before returning to Ireland a
lieutenant in 1821. In 1825 he migrated to
New South Wales, and in 1829 he married Ann Cartwright. From 1826 he was a settler in the
Hunter River Hunter River may refer to:
*Hunter River (New South Wales), Australia
*Hunter River (Western Australia)
*Hunter River, New Zealand
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, and from 1829 he was a schoolmaster at the Male Orphan School in
Liverpool. In 1861 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for
Lower Hunter, but he did not re-contest in 1864. He was an alderman and the first mayor of
Liverpool from 1872. Sadleir died at Liverpool in 1889.
The
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
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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1794 births
1889 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians
Irish emigrants to colonial Australia