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]

  1. ^ a b "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.