Mr Edward Bulwer Lytton DICKENS (1852 - 1902)**

Date of Birth: 01/01/1852 Place of Birth: England Date of Death: 23/01/1902 Place of Death: Moree, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 13 Feb 1889 25 Jun 1894 5yr(s) 4mth(s) 13day(s) Member for Wilcannia 13 Feb 1889 6 Jun 1891 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 25day(s) 14th (1889 - 1891) Member for Wilcannia 20 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3yr(s) 6day(s) 15th (1891 - 1894) Broken Hill Water Supply Bill Committee No.8 10 Apr 1889 10 Jul 1889 3mths 1day 14th (1889 - 1891) Silverton Tramway Extension Bill Committee No.16 6 Jun 1889 10 Oct 1889 4mths 5days 14th (1889 - 1891) Broken Hill and Pinnacles Tramway Bill Committee No.16 3 Jun 1890 20 Dec 1890 6mths 18days 14th (1889 - 1891) Library Committee No.3 28 Jul 1891 1 Apr 1892 8mths 5days 15th (1891 - 1894) Application for a Free Pass made by Mr Black, MP Committee No.27 17 Dec 1891 21 Mar 1892 3mths 5days 15th (1891 - 1894) Broken Hill Water Supply Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 1 Feb 1892 17 Feb 1892 17days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.6 5 Oct 1892 18 Oct 1892 14days 15th (1891 - 1894) Menindie Irrigation Bill Committee No.21 23 Feb 1893 22 Mar 1893 28days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.4 27 Sep 1893 8 Dec 1893 2mths 12days 15th (1891 - 1894) Library Committee No.4 23 Jan 1894 11 Jun 1894 4mths 20days 16th (1894 - 1895)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Mason and stationholder. Educated at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, at a private school of Reverend W. C Sawyer, later bishop of Armidale and Grafton. Attended lectures at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Arrived in Australia in 1869. Worked at Momba station near Wilcannia; bought shares in Yanda station near Bourke, but lost heavily through bad seasons. Appointed government inspector of runs in the Bourke District in 1886.

Local Government Activity

Alderman of Bourke Council.

Personal

Son of Charles Dickens, English novelist. Married Constance Desailly in 1880.

Additional Information

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