James Banford Thompson
Politician, surveyor and land valuer in New South Wales, Australia
About James Banford Thompson
Lived 1832 – 1901 (aged 68–69). James Banford Thompson was a politician, surveyor and civil servant.
James Banford Thompson (1832 – 18 November 1901) was an Irish-born politician, surveyor and land valuer in New South Wales, Australia.
He was born in Fintona, County Tyrone, to postmaster William Thompson and Jane Jeffries. His date of birth is uncertain: his parliamentary biography lists him as born in 1832, which would mean he was born in . His family migrated to Australia around 1836. He worked as a licensed surveyor, and on 11 February 1861 married Margaret Catherine Carroll; they would have twelve children. In 1877 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Queanbeyan, serving until his resignation in 1881, He was made bankrupt in 1884.
Thompson died at Ryde in 1901.
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politician, surveyor and land valuer in New South Wales, Australia
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James Banford Thompson was born in 1832 in Fintona.
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James Banford Thompson died on 18 November 1901 in Ryde.
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