Edward Close Jr.

Edward Charles Close (21 January 1825 – 19 February 1887) was an Australian politician.^[1]

He was born at Morpeth to Sophia Susannah Palmer and Edward Charles Close, who was a British soldier and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.^[2] On 2 January 1837 he laid the foundation stones of St James's Church of England in Morpeth. He was a pastoralist and landowner and on 24 July 1847 married Louisa Slade Platt, with whom he had four children.^[3]

In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Morpeth, but resigned in 1860, later stating that he did so because it had been a lengthy session of parliament, marked by a contest for power between Charles Cowper, William Forster and John Robertson in which nothing was done.^[4] He successfully contested the Morpeth by-election in 1862 before retiring again in 1864.^[5]

Close died at St Leonards on 19 February 1887(1887-02-19) (aged 62).^[1]

References

1. "Mr Edward Charles Close [2] (1825–1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
2. "Major Edward Charles Close [1] (1790-1866)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. Gray, Nancy. "Close, Edward Charles (1790–1866)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
4. "Election for Morpeth: the nominations". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 18 September 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2021 – via Trove.
5. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat	Member for Morpeth 1859–1860	Succeeded by Samuel Cohen
Preceded by David Buchanan	Member for Morpeth 1862–1864	Succeeded by James Campbell