James Laidley

James Laidley
James Laidley; JP
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
	In office; 1 May 1860 – 16 August 1864
Personal details
Born	James Turquand Laidley; 1823; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1877 (aged 53–54); Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Mary Weston (m.1848)
Occupation	Station owner

James Turquand Laidley (1823 – 29 March 1877) was a pastoralist and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council in the colony of Queensland (later a state of Australia).[1]

Early life

James Turquand Laidley was born in 1823 in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of James Laidley and Eliza Jane (née Shepheard).[1]

Pastoralism

Laidley acquired Western Creek Station on the Darling Downs in 1848. From 1849 to 1879 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law Henry Mort (married to Laidley's sister Maria) in a pastoral property called Franklyn Vale at Mount Mort, Queensland.[1]

Politics

Laidley was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on the 1 May 1860 and served until his resignation on the 16 August 1864.[1]

Later life

Laidley died on 29 March 1877 at his home at Ocean Street, Woollahra, Sydney, aged 53 years old.[1][2] His funeral left his home on Saturday 31 March 1877.[3]

References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. LXXV (12, 126). New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1877. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. LXXV (12, 127). New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1877. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[2] "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. LXXV (12, 126). New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1877. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. LXXV (12, 127). New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1877. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.