George Meares
George Meares | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for North Yarra Province | |
| In office December 1882 – September 1886 | |
| Mayor of Melbourne | |
| In office 1879–1881 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1825 Ireland |
| Died | 8 December 1903 (aged 78) Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse |
Sarah Dixon (m. 1864) |
| Relatives | Ainslie Meares (granddaughter) |
George Meares, CMG (June 1825 – 8 December 1903)[1] was Mayor of Melbourne 1880 and 1881,[2] and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882 to 1886.[3]
Biography
[edit]Meares was the son of George Rochfort Meares, of County Westmeath, Ireland,[2] and emigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1847 and moving to Melbourne in 1852.[1] He was Mayor of Melbourne in 1880 and 1881, and a commissioner and member of the executive committee for the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880). He married in 1864 Miss Sarah Brooker Dixon, and was created C.M.G. in 1882.[2]
Meares represented North Yarra Province in the Victorian Legislative Council from December 1882 to September 1886.[3]
Meares died in Malvern, Victoria on 8 December 1903; he had three sons, and three daughters, his wife died in 1875.[1] He was the grandfather of Ainslie Meares.[citation needed]
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Death of Mr. George Meares". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 December 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "George Meares". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.