Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816 – 6 March 1893) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Cornwall to farmer Jeremiah Brice Rundle and Elizabeth White. [1] He emigrated to Australia around 1835 and settled at Murrurundi, where he ran a store. In the 1840s, he earned income by boiling down stock for tallow and foreclosing mortages. [2] He was eventually a partner in a mercantile firm, which ran until 1859. [1] He set up with Richard Carey Danger a merchant and commission agency called Rundle, Dangar & Co. in Sydney and Dangar & Co. in London. [2] On 18 March 1848 he married Mary Simond, with whom he had eleven children. In the 1850s owned land with the Dangar family owned 600,000 acres of land in Walcha [2] He remained a prominent businessman in the colony, and also owned extensive land in the Liverpool Plains, as well as the Warrego and Darling Downs districts in Queensland. [2] In September 1860 he wrote a letter to the colonial sectary wanting to produce a bill that addresses cattle stealing. [2] In November 1860 he was appointed to the general committee of the New South Wales Constitutional Association [2] He was the director and chairman of the Australian Joint Bank [2] From 1870 - 1893 he was the director of the Sydney Meat Preserving Co, the Morouya Silver Mining Co, and the United Fire and Marine Insurance Co. [2] He also served as magistrate for the City of Sydney, a trustee of the Victoria Club and an early member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. [2] In 1882 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served until his death at Potts Point in 1893. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Mr Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816-1893)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Walsh, G. P. (1976). "Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
External links
- Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised letters written by Rundle to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
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Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816 – 6 March 1893) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Cornwall to farmer Jeremiah Brice Rundle and Elizabeth White. [1] He emigrated to Australia around 1835 and settled at Murrurundi, where he ran a store. In the 1840s, he earned income by boiling down stock for tallow and foreclosing mortages. [2] He was eventually a partner in a mercantile firm, which ran until 1859. [1] He set up with Richard Carey Danger a merchant and commission agency called Rundle, Dangar & Co. in Sydney and Dangar & Co. in London. [2] On 18 March 1848 he married Mary Simond, with whom he had eleven children. In the 1850s owned land with the Dangar family owned 600,000 acres of land in Walcha [2] He remained a prominent businessman in the colony, and also owned extensive land in the Liverpool Plains, as well as the Warrego and Darling Downs districts in Queensland. [2] In September 1860 he wrote a letter to the colonial sectary wanting to produce a bill that addresses cattle stealing. [2] In November 1860 he was appointed to the general committee of the New South Wales Constitutional Association [2] He was the director and chairman of the Australian Joint Bank [2] From 1870 - 1893 he was the director of the Sydney Meat Preserving Co, the Morouya Silver Mining Co, and the United Fire and Marine Insurance Co. [2] He also served as magistrate for the City of Sydney, a trustee of the Victoria Club and an early member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. [2] In 1882 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served until his death at Potts Point in 1893. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Mr Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816-1893)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Walsh, G. P. (1976). "Jeremiah Brice Rundle (1816–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
External links
- Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised letters written by Rundle to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
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