Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1856–1861


This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1861. The first appointments to the Legislative Council following self-government were in May 1856; these were intended to be for five-year terms. However, in May 1861 Premier Charles Cowper attempted to stack the Council with a large number of appointees, and this prompted a mass resignation from sitting MLCs. The Council was therefore prorogued, and a new Council appointed in September. This list includes members between May 1856 and September 1861.
NameYears in office
Arthur A'Beckett1856–1860
John Alexander1856–1861
George Allen1856–1861, 1861–1877
George Wigram Allen1860–1861
Lyttleton Bayley1859
Alexander Berry1856–1861
Isidore Blake1858–1859
William Bland1858–1861
James Bligh1856–1859
Henry Bloomfield1856–1857
Edward Broadhurst1856–1861
Sir William Burton1857–1861
Alexander Busby1856–1858
James Byrnes 11861
William Byrnes1858–1861, 1861–1891
John Campbell1856, 1861–1886
James Comrie1856–1861
Charles Cowper1860
William Dalley 11861, 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
John Dawson 11861
William Day 11861
John Dickinson1856–1858
John Dickson 11856–1859, 1861
Joseph Docker1856–1861, 1863–1884
Henry Douglass1856–1861
William Dumaresq1856
Geoffrey Eagar1859–1860
William Faithfull1856–1861
Robert Fitzgerald1856–1861, 1861–1865
George Forbes1858–1861
James Giles 11861
George Graham 11861
William Hardy 11861
John Hargrave1859–1861, 1861–1865
William Hellyer 11861
Edward Hill 11861
George Hill1856–1861
Rowland Hill 11861
George Holden1856–1861, 1861–1863
Thomas Hood1856–1861
Edward Hunt1858–1861
William Innes 11861
Robert Isaacs1857–1861
Robert Jenkins1856–1859
Robert Johnson1856–1861, 1863–1866
David Jones1856–1860
Edward Knox1856–1857, 1881–1894
John Lamb1857–1861
Andrew Lang1858–1861
George Leary 11861
Robert Lethbridge1856–1857
Francis Lord1856–1861, 1864–1892
Alfred Lutwyche1856–1859
John MacFarlane1858–1861, 1861–1870
William Mayne1856
John McNamara1856–1859
Francis Merewether1856–1861, 1861–1865
James Mitchell1856–1861, 1861–1869
Jacob Montefiore1856–1860, 1874–1877
James Murphy 11861
James Murray1856
James Norton1856–1861
James Norton1856–1861
Francis Oakes1860–1861
George Oakes 11861, 1879–1881
Alexander Park1858–1861, 1868–1873
William Pennington1858–1859
John Plunkett1857–1858, 1861–1869
Alexander Portus 11861
Henry Prince1858–1861
Charles Richardson 11861
Campbell Riddell1856–1858
Charles Riley1856–1858
John Robertson1861, 1861, 1878–1881
Ralph Robey1858–1861, 1861–1864
Bourn Russell1858–1861, 1861–1880
Henry Smith1856–1858
William Spain1856–1858
Alfred Stephen1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1885–1890
James Taylor 11861
Roger Therry1856–1859
Edward Thomson1856–1861, 1861–1879
George Thornton 11861, 1877–1891
Robert Tooth1856–1857
Robert Towns1856–1861, 1863–1873
James Walker1856
John Waller 11861
Randolph Want1856–1861
Alexander Warren1856–1858
John Williams 11861
James Wilshire1858–1860
Edward Wise1857–1860