Richard Jones (3 December 1843 – 30 April 1909) was an Australian politician. He was born in Maitland to Richard Jones, at that time a newspaper publisher, and Martha Olley. His father was a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative As ...

from 1829 until 1843 and again from 1850 until 1852. He worked as a stock and station agent both in

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and in rural areas, eventually joining the firm Harrison, Jones and Devlin, of which he became managing director. On 20 February 1868 he married Mary Jane Coleson, with whom he had three children; he later married Edith Maria Moore, with whom he had a further eleven children. In 1899 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, serving until his death in Burwood in 1909. In 1902 his third daughter, Edith Millie Jones, married Dr Frank Tidswell at St. Paul's Anglican Church Burwood.

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1843 births 1909 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians Australian stock and station agents 19th-century Australian businesspeople {{Australia-politician-stub