James Laidley | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 1 May 1860 – 16 August 1864 | |
Personal details | |
Born | James Turquand Laidley 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 1877 (aged 53–54) Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia |
Spouse | Mary Weston (m.1848) |
Occupation | Station owner |
James Turquand Laidley (1823 – 29 March 1877) was a pastoralist and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council in the colony of Queensland (later a state of Australia). [1]
James Turquand Laidley was born in 1823 in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of James Laidley and Eliza Jane (née Shepheard). [1]
Laidley acquired Western Creek Station on the Darling Downs in 1848. From 1849 to 1879 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law Henry Mort (married to Laidley's sister Maria) in a pastoral property called Franklyn Vale at Mount Mort, Queensland. [1]
Laidley was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on the 1 May 1860 and served until his resignation on the 16 August 1864. [1]
Laidley died on 29 March 1877 at his home at Ocean Street, Woollahra, Sydney, aged 53 years old. [1] [2] His funeral left his home on Saturday 31 March 1877. [3]
James Laidley | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 1 May 1860 – 16 August 1864 | |
Personal details | |
Born | James Turquand Laidley 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 1877 (aged 53–54) Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia |
Spouse | Mary Weston (m.1848) |
Occupation | Station owner |
James Turquand Laidley (1823 – 29 March 1877) was a pastoralist and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council in the colony of Queensland (later a state of Australia). [1]
James Turquand Laidley was born in 1823 in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of James Laidley and Eliza Jane (née Shepheard). [1]
Laidley acquired Western Creek Station on the Darling Downs in 1848. From 1849 to 1879 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law Henry Mort (married to Laidley's sister Maria) in a pastoral property called Franklyn Vale at Mount Mort, Queensland. [1]
Laidley was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on the 1 May 1860 and served until his resignation on the 16 August 1864. [1]
Laidley died on 29 March 1877 at his home at Ocean Street, Woollahra, Sydney, aged 53 years old. [1] [2] His funeral left his home on Saturday 31 March 1877. [3]