Date of Birth: 17/03/1831
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/07/1903
Place of Death: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
08 Feb 1888 |
31 Jul 1903 |
15 years 5 months 24 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 30 December 1887 |
| Endowment to Municipal Council of Paddington Committee No.11 |
11 Jan 1876 |
29 Mar 1876 |
2 months 19 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
28 Jan 1875 |
28 Jan 1875 |
1 day |
Chairman |
| Member for Nepean |
23 Dec 1874 |
12 Oct 1877 |
2 years 9 months 20 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
23 Dec 1874 |
12 Oct 1877 |
2 years 9 months 20 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Seed and plant merchant. Gained pastoral experience overlanding stock in youth, then helped father at darling nursery, Newtown; later established PLC Shepherd & Co., seedman and plant merchants in Sydney with nurseries at Bowral and Colo Vale. President of Horticultural Society of New South Wales. Trustee of Berrima Hospital in 1889, and of Victoria Park. Member of Church of England Synod. Royal commissioner on Colonial Defence from 1870 until 1871, Public Charities from 1875 until 1876. Author of drainage in 1889. Freetrade.
Military Service
Joined Volunteer Artillery in 1861, commissioned in 1868, retired as a major in 1876.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Shepherd, nurseryman, and Jane Henderson. Married (1) Isabella Deane on 19 May 1857 and had issue, 5 daughters and 5 sons. Married (2) Sarah Jane Una Barnier c.1875 and had issue, 5 daughters and 2 sons. Church of England.
