Mr Francis Lewis Shaw MEREWETHER (1811 - 1899)**
- Date of Birth: 18/03/1811
- Place of Birth: England
- Date of Death: 27/12/1899
- Place of Death: Essex, England
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 13 Oct 1851 | 29 Feb 1856 | 4yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s)
| A Non-Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 – 1856 |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 22 May 1856 | 10 May 1861 | 4yr(s) 11mth(s) 19day(s)
| First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 13 May 1856. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 3 Sep 1861 | 24 Oct 1865 | 4yr(s) 1mth(s) 22day(s)
| Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 24 June 1861 |
| Postmaster-General | 9 Jun 1851 | 30 Apr 1852 | 10mth(s) 22day(s)
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| Auditor-General | 1 May 1852 | 5 Jun 1856 | 4yr(s) 1mth(s) 5day(s)
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| Member of the Executive Council | 7 Jul 1852 | 28 Apr 1856 | 3yr(s) 9mth(s) 22day(s)
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| Acting Colonial Treasurer | 26 Jan 1854 | 29 Feb 1856 | 2yr(s) 1mth(s) 4day(s)
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1835). Arrived in Sydney in 1838; Worked in Treasury; immigration agent from 1841; Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court of Port Phillip, resident in Sydney. Postmaster General in 1851. Auditor General and member of Executive Council from 1852 until 1856. Acting Colonial Treasurer from 1854 until 1856. Trustee of Savings Bank of New South Wales. Member of Senate of University of Sydney from 1850 until 1875. Vice Chancellor from 1854 until 1862, Chancellor from 1862 until 1865.
Personal
Son of Francis Merewether, clergyman, and Frances Elizabeth Way. Married Kate Amelia Plunkett in 1841 and had issue, 5 children. Church of England.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5
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