Merion Moriarty

Merion Marshall Moriarty (1794 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

Merion Marshall Moriarty
Born	1794 County Cork, Ireland
Died	10 January 1864 (aged 70) New South Wales
Nationality	Irish
Education	University of Edinburgh
Spouse(s)	Annie Orpen (1816-1864)
Children	Edward Moriarty Abram Moriarty
Parent(s)	Sylverius Moriarty Lydia Hinton
Relatives	William Moriarty[1]
Engineering career
Discipline	politician

He was born in County Cork to Vice-Admiral Sylverius Moriarty and Lydia Hinton. He joined the Royal Navy in 1807, travelling to Copenhagen, the Mediterranean and the West Indies. In 1814 he was promoted lieutenant, and he retired in 1815. On 15 October 1816 he married Anne Orpen, with whom he had nine children. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1821, and practised at Dublin. In 1843 he migrated to New South Wales to serve as portmaster and harbourmaster; he retired in 1857. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Braidwood; he held the seat until his death in Sydney in 1864.[2][3][4] His son Abram briefly represented New England and Macleay in 1858.[5]

References

1. "Funeral of he late Captain Moriarty". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 April 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2016 – via Trove.
2. "Mr Captain Merion Marshall Moriarty (1794 - 1864)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
3. Powell, Alan. "Moriarty, Merion Marshall (1794–1864)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 September 2016 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
4. "The late Captain Moriarty". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 January 1864. p. 8. Retrieved 17 September 2016 – via Trove.
5. "Mr Abram Orpen Moriarty (1830 - 1918)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

Further reading

• Reynolds, G. T (1993), Captain M. M. Moriarty, member for Braidwood N.S.W. 1860-1864 : a question of privilege, Possum Printing, ISBN 978-1-875473-60-1