NSW Treasurers

Marshall Burdekin

Colonial Treasurer   4.1.1866 - 21.1.1866
(Cowper Ministry No.9  3.2.1865 - 21.1.1866)

Born Sydney, 11 April 1837, son of Thomas, merchant, and Mary Ann, nee Bossley.  Unmarried.

Educated at WT Cape’s School Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney (MA, 1859), called to the Bar of New South Wales in 1859. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

George William Lord

Colonial Treasurer   16.12.1870 - 13.5.1872
(Martin Ministry No.13  16.12.1870 - 13.5.1872)

Born Macquarie Place, Sydney, 15 August 1818, youngest son of Simeon and Mary Back Lord.

Head scholar at WT Cape's school and won medal for general efficiency.  Pastoralist, land speculator, director of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, and Sydney Insurance Co., magistrate, director of mining companies and other diverse corporations. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

William Richman Piddington

Colonial Treasurer   14.5.1872 - 4.12.1872
(Parkes Ministry No.14  14.5.1872 - 8.2.1875)

Colonial Treasurer   22.3.1877 - 16.8.1877
(Parkes Ministry No.16  22.3.1877 - 16.8.1877)

Born London 1815. Unmarried.  Book-seller in Bond Street, London, emigrating to New South Wales in 1838 to farm on the Hunter. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

George Alfred Lloyd

Colonial Treasurer   5.12.1872 - 8.2.1875
(Parkes Ministry No.14  14.5.1872 - 8.2.1875)

Born  Norwood, Surrey, England, 14 November 1815. Eldest son of Joseph Lloyd, corn merchant, and Eleanor Sophia, nee Lyne.

Last updated: 04/02/2021

William Forster

Colonial Treasurer   9.2.1875 - 7.2.1876
(Robertson Ministry No.15  9.2.1875 - 21.3.1877)

Born Madras, India,16 October 1818. Son of Thomas, army surgeon, and Eliza Blaxland of NSW.

Educated in India, Wales, and Ireland before travelling to Sydney in 1829.  Attended WT Cape’s and the King’s School. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

Sir Alexander Stuart

Colonial Treasurer   8.2.1876 - 21.3.1877
(Robertson Ministry No.15  9.2.1875 - 21.3.1877)

Born Edinburgh, Scotland 21 March 1824. Son of Alexander, writer to The Signet, and Mary, nee McKnight.

Educated Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh.

Arrived in the Colony, Scotia 9 October 1851 via Calcutta and New Zealand. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

Henry Emanuel Cohen

Colonial Treasurer   18.12.1877 - 20.12.1878
(Farnell Ministry No.18  18.12.1877 - 20.12.1878)

Born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, 1 December 1840. Son of Abraham and Sophia.

Educated Goulburn and Sydney.

Clerk in Maitland, unsuccessful trader, read law at the Middle Temple London, and called to the Bar in Sydney in June 1871 practicing as a barrister in mercantile law. 

Member for West Maitland 1874-1880, 1882-1895. 

Last updated: 04/02/2021

James Watson

Colonial Treasurer   21.12.1878 - 4.1.1883
(Parkes Ministry No.19  21.12.1878 - 4.1.1883)

Born Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland,17 December 1837. Second son of James, farmer and Sarah Maclean.

Last updated: 04/02/2021

Sir George Richard Dibbs

Colonial Treasurer   5.1.1883 - 6.10.1885
(Stuart Ministry No.20  5.1.1883 - 6.10.1885)

Colonial Treasurer   10.10.1885 - 21.12.1885
(Dibbs Ministry No.21  7.10.1885 - 21.12.1885)

Born Sydney, 12 October 1834 son of Capt. John, ship's captain and Sophia Elizabeth.

Educated St Philip's Church of England School, and Australia College.

Clerk, commission agent with brother in JC Dibbs & Co.  Trader with Chile, corn factor at Valparaiso, importer and shipowner.

Last updated: 04/02/2021