Robert Jamison

Robert Jamison
Personal details
Born Robert Thomas Jamison
(1829-01-01)1 January 1829
Penrith, New South Wales
Died 27 January 1878(1878-01-27) (aged 49)
Maytown, Queensland

Robert Thomas Jamison (1829 – 27 January 1878) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1856 until 1860.

Early life

Jamison was the grandson of Thomas Jamison a surgeon on the First Fleet and was the son of Sir John Jamison a prominent Sydney physician and one time member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was born at the family's extensive estate on the Nepean River and was educated at Sydney College. He inherited a share of his father's estate in 1844 and worked for a short while as he Clerk of the Legislative Council. Jamison acquired extensive pastoral property on the Namoi River and by 1850 was independently wealthy. He was active on the bench of magistrates.

Colonial Parliament

In 1856, at the first election held under responsible self-government, Jamison was elected as one of the two members in the Legislative Assembly for Cook and Westmoreland. He retained the seat unopposed at the next election in 1858 and successfully contested the new seat of Nepean when Cook and Westmoreland was abolished at the 1859 election. He was defeated in 1860 and retired from public life. Jamison did not hold parliamentary or ministerial office.

References

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
First election
Member for Cook and Westmoreland
1856  1859
Served alongside: Martin
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Preceded by
New electorate
Member for Nepean
1859  1860
Succeeded by
James Ryan
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