Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed Presbyterian College (petition) from the Reverend John Dunmore Lang Committee No.26 | Tue 13 July 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 4 months 14 days | |
| St Philip’s Parsonage Bill Committee No.23 | Tue 15 June 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 5 months 12 days | |
| Murders by the Aborigines on the Dawson River Committee No.22 | Tue 15 June 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 5 months 12 days | |
| Customs Department Committee No.12 | Tue 20 April 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 7 months 7 days | |
| Moreton Bay Judge’s Appointment Bill Committee No.6 | Wed 31 March 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 7 months 28 days | |
| Special Return to Writ Committee No.5 | Wed 31 March 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 7 months 28 days | |
| Treasury Iron Chest and Accounts Committee No.4 | Tue 30 March 1858 | Fri 26 November 1858 | 7 months 28 days | |
| Member for Stanley (County) | Mon 01 February 1858 | Mon 11 April 1859 | 1 year 2 months 11 days | |
| Treasury Iron Chest and Accounts Committee No.17 | Tue 17 November 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 1 month 2 days | |
| Railway Terminus and Wharfs at Newcastle Committee No.25 | Tue 09 December 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 3 months 10 days | |
| Native Police Force Committee No.17 | Sat 08 November 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 4 months 11 days | |
| Customs Department Committee No.15 | Fri 31 October 1856 | Wed 18 March 1857 | 4 months 19 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Wed 09 April 1856 | Mon 11 April 1859 | 3 years 3 days | |
| Member for Stanley (County) | Wed 09 April 1856 | Sat 19 December 1857 | 1 year 8 months 11 days |
Biography
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for East Moreton from 7 May to 29 September 1860.
Personal information
Youngest son of Benjamin, a woollen manufacturer, and Martha, nee Becket. Married Susannah Abbott on 3 March 1838 in Sydney and had issue 1 daughter. Moved to Brisbane around 1849. Church of England.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Squatter and merchant. Educated at the Moravian Boys Boarding School at Fairfield, near Manchester. Visited the United States of America from 1832 to 1833. Arrived in Sydney in 1834. Arrived in Sydney with merchandise which was sold. Purchased livestock and became a squatter near Queanbeyan where, in 1837, he bought 1640 acres and built a homestead. He acquired other squatting runs on the Monaro which he sold in 1844. Returned to Sydney, where for a brief time was a partner in a wine and spirit business and china and glass warehouse. In 1845, started his own business as a merchant. Moved to Brisbane, and purchased town allotments; worked as an agent for the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, Australian Mututal Provident Society and several fire insurance companies. Became Auditor-General for Queensland from 1860-1867 and an accountant in insolvency from 1874 to 1888.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume three; A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament1860 -1929; Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 1856 -1901.