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Former Member Details

Mr Robert LETHBRIDGE

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Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 22 May 1856 16 Nov 1857 1 year 5 months 26 days First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 13 May 1856.
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Became a Captain of Royal Navy. After marriage purchased merino ewes which he took to New South Wales in 1822. Granted land and purchased more. In 1857 held Currangandi in unsettled districts.
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Personal
Married Mary Luxmore in 1822 in Devon, England.
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