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Mr Samuel Henry TERRY (1833 - 1887)

  • Date of Birth: 09/04/1833
  • Place of Birth: Box Hill, near Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 21/09/1887
  • Place of Death: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly19 Dec 185929 Dec 188122yr(s) 11day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council22 Aug 188221 Sep 18875yr(s) 1mth(s)Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 29 December 1881
Member for Mudgee19 Dec 185910 Nov 186010mth(s) 23day(s)3rd
Member for Mudgee15 Dec 186010 Nov 18643yr(s) 10mth(s) 27day(s)4th
Member for Mudgee24 Dec 186415 Nov 18694yr(s) 10mth(s) 23day(s)5th
Member for New England28 Aug 18713 Feb 18725mth(s) 7day(s)6th
Member for New England8 Mar 187228 Nov 18742yr(s) 8mth(s) 21day(s)7th
Member for New England30 Dec 187412 Oct 18772yr(s) 9mth(s) 13day(s)8th
Member for New England3 Nov 18779 Nov 18803yr(s) 7day(s)9th
Member for Mudgee1 Dec 188029 Dec 18811yr(s) 29day(s)10th
West Maitland Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.2426 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 16days4th (1860 - 1864)
Richmond Bridge Company’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.111 Oct 186120 Jan 18623mths 20days4th (1860 - 1864)
Pyrmont Bridge Company’s Supplementary Bill Committee No.1418 Oct 186120 Jan 18623mths 3days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman
Alfred Witts Committee No.3016 Sep 186221 Nov 18622mths 6days4th (1860 - 1864)
Robert Stewart Committee No.1311 Aug 186320 Oct 18632mths 10days4th (1860 - 1864)
Queensland Steam Navigation Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.3730 Mar 186431 Mar 18642days4th (1860 - 1864)
Tom Dight Mackenzie Committee No.381 Apr 186421 Apr 186421days4th (1860 - 1864)
Railway through Ultimo Estate No.1031 Mar 18659 Jun 18652mths 10days5th (1865 - 1869)
Standard Weights for Agricultural Produce Committee No.1016 Nov 18656 Mar 18663mths 19days5th (1865 - 1869)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.124 Jul 186624 Jul 18661day5th (1865 - 1869)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.114 Nov 187114 Nov 18711day6th (1870 - 1872)
Parramatta Gas Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.87 Dec 187114 Dec 18718days6th (1870 - 1872)
Bowenfels Coal Mining and Cooper Smelting Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.237 Feb 187311 Feb 18735days7th (1872 - 1874)
Mineral Lease at Togo Committee No.107 Oct 18731 May 18746mths 25days7th (1872 - 1874)
Goulburn Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.1127 Apr 18756 May 187510days8th (1875 - 1877)
Mineral Selection at Milburn Creek Committee No.1525 May 18754 Aug 18752mths 11days8th (1875 - 1877)
Blakefield v. Shields Committee No.1813 Jul 18754 Aug 187523days8th (1875 - 1877)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.616 Nov 187527 Apr 18765mths 12days8th (1875 - 1877)
The Case of Amelia Gould Committee No.1014 Dec 187529 Feb 18762mths 16days8th (1875 - 1877)
Road through Messrs Badgery’s Land Committee No.138 Feb 187629 Jun 18764mths 22days8th (1875 - 1877)
Common Lodging Houses Committee No.1814 Mar 18761 Aug 18764mths 19days8th (1875 - 1877)
Petition of Wilson and Cawley Committee No.2111 Apr 187619 Jul 18763mths 9days8th (1875 - 1877)
Hanson’s Trust Bill Committee No.2212 Apr 187619 Apr 18768days8th (1875 - 1877)
Nevell’s Leasing Bill Committee No.2325 Apr 187628 Apr 18764days8th (1875 - 1877)
The Case of Alfred Arnold Committee No.2416 May 187627 Jun 18761mth 12days8th (1875 - 1877)
The Bassett Darley Estates Bill Committee No.919 Dec 187618 Jan 18771mth8th (1875 - 1877)
Condition of the Aborigines Committee No.719 Dec 187611 Oct 18779mths 23days8th (1875 - 1877)
Bathurst and Grafton and Armidale Lands Transfer Bill Committee No.1330 Jan 187722 Feb 187724days8th (1875 - 1877)
Sydney Common Improvement Act Amendment Bill Committee No.156 Feb 187722 Feb 187717days8th (1875 - 1877)
Mr John Garsed Committee No.174 May 187711 Oct 18775mths 8days8th (1875 - 1877)
Newcastle Glebe Leasing Bill Committee No.1815 May 187728 Sep 18774mths 14days8th (1875 - 1877)
Disputed Mining Lease, Hawkins Hill Committee No.2019 Jun 187711 Oct 18773mths 23days8th (1875 - 1877)
Colonial Storekeeper’s Department Committee No.2217 Jul 187711 Oct 18772mths 25days9th (1877 - 1880)
Newcastle Glebe Leasing Bill Committee No.730 Jan 18787 Feb 18789days9th (1877 - 1880)
The Bible Society’s Bill Committee No.831 Jan 18787 Feb 18788days9th (1877 - 1880)
Lyndhurst Sale Bill Committee No.931 Jan 187813 Feb 187814days9th (1877 - 1880)
Real Property Act Committee No.1412 Feb 187821 May 18783mths 10days9th (1877 - 1880)
The Glebe Borough Bill Committee No.513 Sep 187827 Sep 187815days9th (1877 - 1880)
Parramatta Town Hall Bill Committee No.717 Sep 18789 Oct 187823days9th (1877 - 1880)
Jury List – Deniliquin Committee No.1322 Oct 187820 May 18796mths 29days9th (1877 - 1880)
Chippendale Roman Catholic Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.2521 Mar 18792 Apr 187913days9th (1877 - 1880)
Cohen’s Enabling Bill Committee No.264 Apr 187929 Apr 187926days9th (1877 - 1880)
Discovery of the Barrington Gold Field Committee No.711 Nov 187912 May 18806mths 2days9th (1877 - 1880)
St Leonards Roman Catholic School Land Sale Bill Committee No.813 Nov 187920 Nov 18798days9th (1877 - 1880)
Equity Branch of the Supreme Court Committee No.122 Dec 187922 Jun 18806mths 21days9th (1877 - 1880)
Archibald Thompson’s Trust Estate Bill Committee No.1931 Mar 18809 Apr 188010days9th (1877 - 1880)
Claim of Anne Jane Cox for loss of her Conditional Purchase Committee No.2318 May 188013 Jul 18801mth 26days10th (1880 - 1882)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.116 Dec 188016 Dec 18801day10th (1880 - 1882)
Balmain Cemetery Bill Committee No.513 Jan 18816 Apr 18812mths 25days10th (1880 - 1882)
Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.925 Jan 188128 Jan 18814days10th (1880 - 1882)
Hall’s Estate Bill Committee No.1311 Feb 188117 Mar 18811mth 7days10th (1880 - 1882)
Transfer of Land at North Shore to John William Haynes Committee No.2024 Mar 18815 Apr 188113days10th (1880 - 1882)
Vale of Clwydd and Lithgow Valley Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.214 Apr 18816 Apr 18813days10th (1880 - 1882)
Vale of Clwydd and Lithgow Valley Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.216 Jul 18812 Aug 188128days10th (1880 - 1882)
Balmain Cemetery Bill Committee No.67 Jul 18819 Aug 18811mth 3days10th (1880 - 1882)
Australian Gas Light Company’s Bill Committee No.812 Jul 188123 Sep 18812mths 12days10th (1880 - 1882)
Width of Streets and Lanes Bill Committee No.1426 Aug 188121 Oct 18811mth 26days10th (1880 - 1882)
Armidale Roman Catholic Church School and Presbytery Land Sale Bill Committee No.1630 Aug 18818 Sep 188110days10th (1880 - 1882)
Moffitt’s Estate Enabling Bill Committee No.186 Sep 18815 Oct 188130days10th (1880 - 1882)
Cudgegong Town Hall Bill Committee No.2528 Oct 188123 Nov 188127days10th (1880 - 1882)Chairman
Cookbundoon Slate Quarry Tramway Bill Committee No.2624 Nov 18812 Dec 18819days10th (1880 - 1882)
Burtoft’s Estate Bill Committee No.2730 Nov 188114 Dec 188115days10th (1880 - 1882)

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Landed proprieter. Born of well-to-do family. Educated at John Mills' school, Parramatta, and under W.T Cape. Entered J.R Young's Sydney counting house to learn business. Inherited Box Hill and 5,000 acres at Yass Plains from father, who died in 1842; acquired much city and suburban real estate, property in Queensland and New Zealand. Jeremiah and Bongongo stations in Tumut and Gundagai districts. Not mentioned as a squatter in list published in 1859 and 1866. Founding member of Union Club in 1857. Always sat on cross benches and disliked lawyers in Parliament. Responsible for 1874 Triennial Parliaments Act, advocated payment of members.


Personal

Eldest son of John Terry, landowner and Eleanor Rouse. Married (1) Clementina Parker Want on 13 May 1856 at Sydney and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Married (2) Jane Weaver on 12 September 1863 at Darlinghurst and had issue 1 daughter and 2 sons. Church of England.


Additional Information

Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] , page 87



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