Robert Jamison

Robert Jamison
Robert Jamison
Personal details
Born	Robert Thomas Jamison; 1 January 1829; Penrith, New South Wales
Died	27 January 1878 (aged 49); Maytown, Queensland

Robert Thomas Jamison (1829 – 27 January 1878) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1856 until 1860.[1]

Early life

Jamison was the grandson of Thomas Jamison a surgeon on the First Fleet and was the son of Sir John Jamison a prominent Sydney physician and one time member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[2] His mother Mary Griffiths, was one of John Jamison's mistresses with whom se had two sons and five daughters. John Jamison married Mary a few months before his death.[3] Robert was born at the family's extensive estate on the Nepean River and was educated at Sydney College. He inherited a share of his father's estate in 1844 and worked for a short while as he Clerk of the Legislative Council. Jamison acquired extensive pastoral property on the Namoi River and by 1850 was independently wealthy. He was active on the bench of magistrates.

Colonial Parliament

In 1856, at the first election held under responsible self-government, Jamison was elected as one of the two members in the Legislative Assembly for Cook and Westmoreland. He retained the seat unopposed at the next election in 1858 and successfully contested the new seat of Nepean when Cook and Westmoreland was abolished at the 1859 election. He was defeated in 1860 and retired from public life. Jamison did not hold parliamentary or ministerial office.[1]

References

"Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
"Sir John Jamison, KGV (1776-1844)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
Walsh, G P (1967). "Jamison, Sir John (1776–1844)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 April 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New assembly	Member for Cook and Westmoreland 1856 – 1859 Served alongside: Martin	District largely replaced by Hartley
New district	Member for Nepean 1859 – 1860	Succeeded by James Tobias Ryan

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[Robert_Jamison_NSW_Parl-1] "Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[John_Jamison_NSW_Parl-2] "Sir John Jamison, KGV (1776-1844)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[John_Jamison_ADB-3] Walsh, G P (1967). "Jamison, Sir John (1776–1844)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 April 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.