About Thomas Dangar
Lived 1807 – 1878 (aged 71). Thomas Dangar was a politician.
Thomas Dangar (13 March 1808 – 13 March 1878) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at St Neot in Cornwall to William Dangar and Judith Hooper. His obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald gives his date of birth as 13 March 1808, while his parliamentary biography gives it as 1 February 1807. He first worked in Sydney and then establishing a business at West Maitland in 1834. On 31 October 1832 he married Charlotte Selina Gibbons Hutchinson, who was widowed, with one son Tom who took the surname Dangar. In 1836 he became Scone's first postmaster, also establishing a local inn and store. He opened another store at Muswellbrook, but in 1860 returned to Sydney. Both his stepson, Tom, and his nephew, Henry Cary Dangar, would also become members of the Legislative Assembly.
Dangar died at Lavender Bay in 1878 (aged ).
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Who was Thomas Dangar?
English-born politician in New South Wales, Australia
When was Thomas Dangar born?
Thomas Dangar was born on 1 February 1807 in St Neot.
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Thomas Dangar died on 13 March 1878 in Lavender Bay.
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Thomas Dangar was a politician.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Thomas Dangar. https://biography.guide/thomas-dangar/
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