About Cecil Coghlan
Lived 1878 – 1924 (aged 45–46). Cecil Coghlan was an Australian politician.
Cecil Aubrey Coghlan (1878 – 26 August 1924) was an Australian politician born in Redfern to builder Thomas Coghlan and Dora Jordan.
He attended Sydney Grammar School and was then a solicitor's clerk, working for John McLaughlin. In 1900, he was admitted as a solicitor and eventually ran a substantial industrial practice. He married Ellen Grant around 1903 and had three children. In 1921 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member, serving until his death at Darling Point in 1924. He was the brother of Sir Timothy Coghlan, government statistician and Agent-General, and Iza Coghlan, a medical doctor.
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Who was Cecil Coghlan?
Australian politician
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Cecil Coghlan was born in 1878.
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Cecil Coghlan died on 26 August 1924.
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Cecil Coghlan was a politician.
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Cecil Coghlan was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cecil Coghlan. https://biography.guide/cecil-coghlan/
MLA: "Cecil Coghlan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/cecil-coghlan/.
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