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Mr Alexander WARREN (1795 - 1876)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1795
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Death: 03/07/1876
Place of Death: New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 22 May 1856 10 Mar 1858 1 year 9 months 17 days First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 3 May 1856.
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Agricultural proprieter. Arrived in New South Wales in 1824 as an agent of Edinburgh based mercantile firm, Australia Co; after a few years settled on the Williams River, where he cultivated grape growing and wine making in New South Wales. Chief founder in 1830s of Farmers' Club. In 1856 was invited to become Colonial Treasurer. Retired from public life to his estate at Brandon near Seaham.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Warren, merchant, and Jean Jarvie. Unmarried. Presbyterian.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.