Mr Clark IRVING (1808 - 1865)**

Date of Birth: 01/01/1808 Place of Birth: Bromfield, near Wigton, Cumberland, England Date of Death: 13/01/1865 Place of Death: Brighton, England

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 15 Apr 1856 10 Nov 1864 8yr(s) 6mth(s) 27day(s) Member for Clarence and Darling Downs 15 Apr 1856 19 Dec 1857 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 5day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for Clarence 21 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1yr(s) 4mth(s) 21day(s) 3rd (1859 - 1860) Member for Clarence 7 Dec 1860 24 Jun 1863 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 18day(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Member for Clarence 23 Jul 1863 10 Nov 1864 1yr(s) 3mth(s) 19day(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Petition of Peter Rawlings Committee No.5 4 Jun 1856 18 Mar 1857 9mths 15days 1st (1856 - 1857) Audit of the Revenue Accounts Committee No.6 6 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 13days 1st (1856 - 1857) City Commissioners’ Department Committee No.7 12 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Masters’ and Servants’ Acts Continuation Bill Committee No.8 13 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 6days 1st (1856 - 1857) Electric Telegraph Committee No.14 31 Oct 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 16days 1st (1856 - 1857) Customs Department Committee No.15 31 Oct 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 16days 1st (1856 - 1857) Australian General Assurance Company’s Bill Committee No.23 19 Nov 1856 18 Mar 1857 3mths 28days 1st (1856 - 1857) Audit of the Accounts of the Revenues Committee 12 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 4mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Railway Management Committee No.28 13 Dec 1859 4 Jul 1860 6mths 22days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.39 3 Apr 1860 4 Jul 1860 3mths 2days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.10 12 Oct 1860 9 Nov 1860 29days 3rd (1859 - 1860)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pastoralist, merchant and Company Director. Probably gained business experience in London and Carlisle. Arrived in Sydney c.1836 as an emissary of British capitalists. Partner with R. Lamb in a mixed business (watchmakers, jewellers, merchants, agents and wool buyers) in 1839. Firm dissolved in 1842. Continued as a merchant on his own. By 1859 held runs totalling 273,040 acres in the Clarence District. Also held 164,000 acres on Darling Downs and 26 runs in Maranoa District. Foundation Director of Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company in 1858. Lost a fortune speculating in Spanish railways.

Personal

Son of Thomas Irving, farmer. Married Adelaide Thanet in 1833 and had issue, 2 daughters and 4 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4

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