Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1856–1861

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1861. The first appointments to the Legislative Council following self-government were in May 1856; these were intended to be for five-year terms. However, in May 1861 Premier Charles Cowper attempted to stack the Council with a large number of appointees, and this prompted a mass resignation from sitting MLCs. The Council was therefore prorogued, and a new Council appointed in September. This list includes members between May 1856 and September 1861.

Name	Years in office
Arthur A'Beckett	1856–1860
John Alexander	1856–1861
George Allen	1856–1861, 1861–1877
George Wigram Allen	1860–1861
Lyttleton Bayley	1859
Alexander Berry	1856–1861
Isidore Blake	1858–1859
William Bland	1858–1861
James Bligh	1856–1859
Henry Bloomfield	1856–1857
Edward Broadhurst	1856–1861
Sir William Burton	1857–1861
Alexander Busby	1856–1858
James Byrnes ¹	1861
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
John Campbell	1856, 1861–1886
James Comrie	1856–1861
Charles Cowper	1860
William Dalley ¹	1861, 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
John Dawson ¹	1861
William Day ¹	1861
John Dickinson	1856–1858
John Dickson ¹	1856–1859, 1861
Joseph Docker	1856–1861, 1863–1884
Henry Douglass	1856–1861
William Dumaresq	1856
Geoffrey Eagar	1859–1860
William Faithfull	1856–1861
Robert Fitzgerald	1856–1861, 1861–1865
George Forbes	1858–1861
James Giles ¹	1861
George Graham ¹	1861
William Hardy ¹	1861
John Hargrave	1859–1861, 1861–1865
William Hellyer ¹	1861
Edward Hill ¹	1861
George Hill	1856–1861
Rowland Hill ¹	1861
George Holden	1856–1861, 1861–1863
Thomas Hood	1856–1861
Edward Hunt	1858–1861
William Innes ¹	1861
Robert Isaacs	1857–1861
Robert Jenkins	1856–1859
Robert Johnson	1856–1861, 1863–1866
David Jones	1856–1860
Edward Knox	1856–1857, 1881–1894
John Lamb	1857–1861
Andrew Lang	1858–1861
George Leary ¹	1861
Robert Lethbridge	1856–1857
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1892
Alfred Lutwyche	1856–1859
John MacFarlane	1858–1861, 1861–1870
William Mayne	1856
John McNamara	1856–1859
Francis Merewether	1856–1861, 1861–1865
James Mitchell	1856–1861, 1861–1869
Jacob Montefiore	1856–1860, 1874–1877
James Murphy ¹	1861
James Murray	1856
James Norton Sr.	1856–1861
Francis Oakes	1860–1861
George Oakes ¹	1861, 1879–1881
Alexander Park	1858–1861, 1868–1873
William Pennington	1858–1859
John Plunkett	1857–1858, 1861–1869
Alexander Portus ¹	1861
Henry Prince	1858–1861
Charles Richardson ¹	1861
Campbell Riddell	1856–1858
Charles Riley	1856–1858
John Robertson	1861, 1861, 1878–1881
Ralph Robey	1858–1861, 1861–1864
Bourn Russell	1858–1861, 1861–1880
Henry Smith	1856–1858
William Spain	1856–1858
Alfred Stephen	1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1885–1890
James Taylor ¹	1861
Roger Therry	1856–1859
Edward Deas Thomson	1856–1861, 1861–1879
George Thornton ¹	1861, 1877–1891
Robert Tooth	1856–1857
Robert Towns	1856–1861, 1863–1873
James Walker	1856
John Waller ¹	1861
Randolph Want	1856–1861
Alexander Warren	1856–1858
John Williams ¹	1861
James Wilshire	1858–1860
Edward Wise	1857–1860

¹ Nominated 13 May 1861 but never took their seats due to the prorogue.

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