Samuel Lyons (Australian politician)
Samuel Lyons (9 June 1826 – 25 August 1910) was an Australian politician.
He was the younger son of auctioneer, landowner and businessman Samuel Lyons (1791-1851) and Mary Murphy ( -1832), and attended the University of Liège and Cambridge University. On 24 March 1853 Lyons married Charlotte Margaret Fuller at St James' Church, Sydney, and they had three sons and a daughter.[1]
Lyons took over his father's enterprises on his father's death in 1851, and was a respected businessman and property owner. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Canterbury at the 1859 election,[2] but retired in 1860. He stood again for Canterbury at the December 1864 election, but was unsuccessful.[3] He returned to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Central Cumberland at the 1868 by-election,[4] but retired again in 1869.[5]
Lyons died at Leura on 25 August 1910 (aged 84).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Le Roy, Paul Edwin (1967). "Lyons, Samuel (1791–1851)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 2. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1859 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1868 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Mr Samuel Lyons (1826-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.