| 词条 | Francis Merewether (Australian politician) |
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He was the son of clergyman Francis Merewether and Frances Elizabeth Way, and attended Eton College and Cambridge University. In 1838 he migrated to Sydney, where he worked in the treasury department and as an immigration agent. In 1841 he married Kate Amelia Plunkett, with whom he had five children. He was a non-elective member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856, during which time he served as Postmaster-General (1851–52) and Auditor-General (1852–56), as well as acting Colonial Treasurer (1854–56). He served in the re-constituted Council from 1856 to 1861 and from 1861 to 1865, when he retired. Merewether died in Essex in 1899.[2] References1. ^{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Smith |first=C. E.|id2=merewether-francis-lewis-shaw-4189|title=Merewether, Francis Lewis Shaw (1811–1899)|accessdate=17 August 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-aca}}{{succession box | title=Chancellor of the University of Sydney | before=Charles Nicholson | after=Edward Deas Thomson | years=1862–1865}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Merewether, Francis}}{{Australia-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |last=Parliament of New South Wales |first= |authorlink=Parliament of New South Wales |coauthors= |title=Mr Francis Lewis Shaw Merewether (1811-1899) |work=Former Members |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |year=2008 |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/4242243f017f74c3ca256e6a0001c2ae?OpenDocument |format= |doi= |accessdate=31 October 2015}} 6 : 1811 births|1899 deaths|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council|19th-century Australian politicians|Chancellors of the University of Sydney|19th-century Australian public servants |
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