Thomas Dangar

Thomas Dangar (13 March 1808 – 13 March 1878) was an English-born Australian politician.

For his stepson, also a New South Wales politician, see Tom Dangar.

He was born at St Neot in Cornwall to William Dangar and Judith Hooper. His obituary in The Sydney Morning Herald gives his date of birth as 13 March 1808,[1] while his parliamentary biography gives it as 1 February 1807.[2] His two brothers, Henry Dangar and William Danger, migrated to New South Wales and he followed them, arriving on 13 March 1825.[3] He first worked in Sydney and then establishing a business at West Maitland in 1834. On 31 October 1832 he married Charlotte Selina Gibbons née Hutchinson, who was widowed, with one son Tom who took the surname Dangar.[4] In 1836 he became Scone's first postmaster, also establishing a local inn and store. He opened another store at Muswellbrook, but in 1860 returned to Sydney.[1]

In 1861 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter, but he was defeated in 1864.[5] Both his stepson, Tom, and his nephew, Henry Cary Dangar, would also become members of the Legislative Assembly.[4][6]

Dangar died at Lavender Bay in 1878 (aged 70 [1] or 71 [2]).

References
  1. "Death of an old colonist of fifty three years standing". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 March 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2021 – via Trove.
  2. "Mr Thomas Dangar (1807-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. "Thomas Dangar 1808–1878 – Australian Royalty". australianroyalty.net.au. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. Rutledge, Martha. "Dangar, Thomas Gordon (Tom) (1829–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. Daley, Louise T. "Dangar, Henry Cary (1830–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

 

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