Henry Cary Dangar (4 June 1830 – 25 April 1917) was a colonial Australian politician. He served two terms in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly during the 1870s and 1880s.[1]
Biography
Dangar was born in Port Stephens, New South Wales,[1] the second son of Henry Dangar.[2] Dangar was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1857.[2] He entered at the Inner Temple in August 1849, and was called to the bar in June 1854.[2]
Dangar was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 16 December 1874 for West Sydney, a seat he held until 12 October 1877.[3] He then represented East Sydney from 17 November 1880 to 23 November 1882.[3] On 9 October 1883 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, a position he held until his death.[3]
Dangar was a member of the Australian Jockey Club for 42 years.[1] On 19 September 1865,[1] Dangar married Lucy Lamb.[2]
Dangar died of hemiplegia in Potts Point, Sydney, on 25 April 1917, aged 86.[1] His estate was valued at £48,312 for probate.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Daley, Louise T. "Dangar, Henry Cary (1830–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c "Mr Henry Carey Dangar (1830-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr. Dangar's Estate". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 28 June 1917.
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