Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1872–1874

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1872 to 1874. At this time the Council was composed of individuals appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1872 colonial election on 13 February 1872 and the beginning of the 1874–75 colonial election on 8 December 1874.

Name	Years in office
George Allen	1856–1861, 1861–1877
John Blaxland	1863–1884
William Busby	1867–1887
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell	1864–1890
Charles Campbell	1870–1888
John Campbell	1856, 1861–1886
James Chisholm	1865–1888
Edward Cox 4	1874–1883
George Cox	1863–1901
William Dalley 5	1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Frederick Darley	1868–1886
Leopold De Salis 3	1874–1898
Joseph Docker	1856–1861, 1863–1884
John Fairfax 3	1874–1877
John Frazer 3	1874–1884
Samuel Gordon	1861–1882
John Hay	1867–1892
Thomas Holt	1868–1883
Thomas Icely 7	1864–1874
Joseph Innes 2	1873–1881
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1893
Sir William Macarthur	1864–1882
Sir William Manning	1861–1876, 1888–1895
Jacob Montefiore 3	1856–1860, 1874–1877
Henry Moore	1868–1888
Sir Terence Murray 9	1862–1873
Edward Ogilvie	1863–1889
Robert Owen	1868–1878
Alexander Park 6	1858–1861, 1868–1873
John Richardson	1868–1887
Bourn Russell	1858–1861, 1861–1880
Saul Samuel 1	1872–1880
Thomas Smart	1870–1881
John Smith 3	1874–1885
Sir Edward Thomson	1856–1861, 1861–1879
Robert Towns 8	1856–1861, 1863–1873
John Watt 3	1861–1866, 1874–1890
Elias Weekes	1865–1880
James White 3	1874–1890

¹ Appointed 12 June 1872.

² Appointed 9 September 1873.

³ Appointed 3 November 1874.

⁴ Appointed 11 November 1874.

⁵ Resigned 19 September 1873.

⁶ Died 21 July 1873.

⁷ Died 13 February 1874.

⁸ Died 11 April 1873.

⁹ Died 22 July 1873.