William McMillan KCMG (1850 - 1926)

Born 14 Nov 1850 in Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1926 at age 76 in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

William McMillan KCMG is Notable.

William McMillan KCMG came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Sir William McMillan KCMG (1850–1926) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a member of the first Federal Parliament of Australia and served as deputy leader of the Free Trade Party under George Reid, but served only a single term before resigning. He had earlier served in the Parliament of New South Wales, including as Colonial Treasurer, and was prominent in the movement for Federation.

He was born in Londonderry, Ireland the third son of Gibson McMillan, a Wesleyan minister, and his wife Eliza. She was a sister of Alexander McArthur another successful Irish born Australian businessman.

William McMillan became a successful businessman in the New South Wales Colony after moving to Sydney at the age of 18.

Biography: A. W. Martin, 'McMillan, Sir William (1850–1926) ^[1]

In 1878 McMillan married Ada Charlotte Graham, aged 16, and they had two daughters and two sons. McMillan was divorced in 1891 and he married Helen Maria O'Reilly in 1892 in Scotland and they had two daughters. He died in 1926 at his house Althorne in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcmillan-sir-william-1105/text12923 Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 3 November 2019. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, (MUP), 1986y]
2. ↑ William McMillan (Australian politician) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 22nd of January 2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McMillan_(Australian_politician)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218639104/william-mcmillan : accessed 22 January 2021), memorial page for William McMillan (1850–22 Dec 1926), Find a Grave Memorial no. 218639104, citing Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) . (no gravestone photograph)