Richard Jones (New South Wales politician, born 1843)

For his father (1786–1852) who was a member of the Legislative Council (1856–1860), see Richard Jones (1786–1852). For the NSW politician (1816–1892) who was a member of the Legislative Assembly (1843–1848), see Richard Jones (1816–1892). For the NSW politician Richard Stanley Leigh Jones (1940–) who was a member of the Legislative Council (1988–2003), see Richard Jones (New South Wales politician, born 1940).

Richard Jones (3 December 1843 – 30 April 1909) was an Australian politician.^[1]

Gayton (built c.1885) was the home of Richard Jones MLC in Burwood Road, Burwood.

For other people with similar names, see Richard Jones (disambiguation).

He was born in Maitland to Richard Jones, at that time a newspaper publisher, and Martha Olley. His father was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1829 until 1843 and again from 1850 until 1852.^[2]

He worked as a stock and station agent both in Sydney and in rural areas, eventually joining the firm Harrison, Jones and Devlin, of which he became managing director. On 20 February 1868 he married Mary Jane Coleson, with whom he had three children; he later married Edith Maria Moore, with whom he had a further eleven children. In 1899 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, serving until his death in Burwood in 1909.^[3]

In 1902 his third daughter, Edith Millie Jones, married Dr Frank Tidswell at St. Paul's Anglican Church Burwood.^[4]

References

1. "Death of Mr. Richard Jones". The Maitland Daily Mercury. Vol. 7128, no. 4771. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 27 April 2017 – via Trove.
2. "Mr Richard Jones [1] (1786–1852)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
3. "Mr Richard Jones [3] (1843–1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
4. "Fashionable wedding". The Australian Star. 19 April 1902. p. 11. Retrieved 27 April 2017 – via Trove.