Guide 3 to NSW State Archives relating to Responsible Government - OCR - Flipbook - Page 261
Appendix 9
New South Wales Colonial Prime Ministers,
1856 - 1901
Name
Ministerial Office
Dates of Ministry
DONALDSON, Stuart A
Colonial Secretary
6 June - 25 Aug 1856
COWPER, Charles
Colonial Secretary
26 Aug - 2 Oct 1856
PARKER, Henry Watson
Colonial Secretary
3 Oct 1856 - 7 Sep 1857
COWPER, Charles
Colonial Secretary
7 Sep 1857 - 26 Oct 1859
FORSTER, William
Colonial Secretary
27 Oct 1859 - 8 Mar 1860
ROBERTSON, John
Secretary for Lands
9 Mar 1860 - 9 Jan 1861
COWPER, Charles
Colonial Secretary
10 Jan 1861 - 15 Oct 1863
MARTIN, James
Attorney-General
16 Oct 1863 - 2 Feb 1865
COWPER, Charles
Colonial Secretary
3 Feb 1865 - 21 Jan 1866
MARTIN, James
Attorney-General
22 Jan 1866 - 26 Oct 1868
ROBERTSON, John
Colonial Secretary
27 Oct 1868 - 12 Jan 1870
(resigned)
COWPER, Charles
Colonial Secretary
13 Jan - 15 Dec 1870
MARTIN, Sir James
Attorney-General
16 Dec 1870 - 13 May 1872
PARKES, Henry
Colonial Secretary
14 May 1872 - 8 Feb 1875
ROBERTSON, John
Colonial Secretary
9 Feb 1875 - 21 Mar 1877
PARKES, Henry
Colonial Secretary
22 Mar - 16 Aug 1877
ROBERTSON, Sir John
Colonial Secretary
17 Aug - 17 Dec 1877
FARNELL, James Squire
Secretary for Lands
18 Dec 1877 - 20 Dec 1878
PARKES, Sir Henry
Colonial Secretary
(absent from Colony 29 Dec
1881-19 Aug 1882; Sir John
Robertson Acting Colonial
Secretary)
21 Dec 1878 - 4 Jan 1883
STUART, Sir Alexander
Colonial Secretary
(on leave of absence 7 Oct
1884-11 May 1885)
5 Jan 1883 - 6 Oct 1885
DIBBS, George Richard
Colonial Secretary 7-9 Oct;
Colonial Treasurer from
10 Oct
7 Oct - 21 Dec 1885
ROBERTSON, Sir John
Colonial Secretary
22 Dec 1885 - 25 Feb 1886
JENNINGS, Sir Patrick Alfred
Colonial Treasurer
26 Feb 1886 - 19 Jan 1887
PARKES, Sir Henry
Colonial Secretary from
25 Jan 1887
20 Jan 1887 - 16 Jan 1889
DIBBS, George Richard
Colonial Secretary
17 Jan - 7 Mar 1889
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