William Lesley
Politician and chemist in New South Wales, Australia
About William Lesley
Lived 1820 – 1876 (aged 55–56). William Lesley was a politician and pharmacist.
William Copland Lesley (1820 – 21 July 1876) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Foveran to Royal Navy lieutenant William Lesley and Jane Watt. A chemist, he migrated to Australia in 1841 and settled at Singleton. On 22 October 1850 he married Mary Perrett. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Patrick's Plains, but he resigned in 1861. Lesley died at Singleton in 1876.
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Who was William Lesley?
politician and chemist in New South Wales, Australia
When was William Lesley born?
William Lesley was born in 1820 in Foveran.
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William Lesley died on 21 July 1876 in Singleton.
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William Lesley was a politician and pharmacist.
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