| 词条 | Morris Lyon Marks |
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Morris Lyon Marks (7 September 1824 – 4 March 1893) [1] was a Jewish immigrant to Australia remembered as a politician in the colony of South Australia. A son of Lyon Marks ( – ) and Mrs. Marks (ca.1783 – 5 February 1857), he and his brother Solomon Lyon Marks[2] migrated from London to South Australia on the Abberton, arriving in December 1846, and was a successful importer and merchant in Adelaide and Burra. He was, in 1848, a member of the consortium (with Burnet Nathan, Louis Hart, Joseph Hart, and Samuel Hart) who purchased from George Morphett land on Rundle Street for the first Synagogue (consecrated 3 September 1850).[3] He married in 1850 and later had a large family. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly, representing The Burra and Clare from March 1857 to August 1858, when he resigned in order to make a trip to Europe. On his return he continued his business, but did not stand for re-election. He spent some time alternating between New Zealand and Melbourne.[4] He and his family left for New Zealand to live, and were resident in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1883, then returned to Australia, living in Albert Park, Victoria, where he died on Saturday, 4 March 1893.[5] FamilyMarks married Leah Solomon (ca.1832 – 9 August 1908), sister of Judah Moss Solomon, on 30 January 1850. Their children were
References1. ^He was frequently referred to by his full name or as "Morris L. Marks" to distinguish him from various contemporaries named Morris Marks. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marks, Morris}}2. ^Solomon Lyon Marks (1827–1875) married Esther in 1846, the first marriage in the Adelaide Synagogue. They moved to Queensland. 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58934901 |title=Adelaide Hebrew Congregation |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=19 September 1908 |accessdate=9 April 2015 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5707729 |title=The Wreck of the Oscar |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=3 January 1862 |accessdate=9 April 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} In this letter to The Argus he gave his address as 23 Bourke Street in January 1862. 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48739734 |title=The Late Mr. M. L. Marks |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=10 March 1893 |accessdate=8 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6 : Members of the South Australian House of Assembly|Jewish Australian politicians|Australian businesspeople|1824 births|1893 deaths|19th-century Australian politicians |
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