James Inglis (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Inglis (Australian politician)

Australian writer and politician in colonial New South Wales

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1845

Place of Birth: Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1908

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Inglis (24 November 1845 – 15 October 1908) was a tea merchant, writer and politician in colonial New South Wales.Inglis was the son of Rev.
Robert Inglis, M.A., by his marriage with Helen Brand, was born at Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland, and educated at University of Edinburgh.
He visited New Zealand in 1864, went to India at the end of 1866, and to Australia after extensive travel and work in India and the East, in search of health.
At the end of 1877 he saw considerable official service in India; was Famine Commissioner in Bhangulpore in 1875, and Executive Commissioner for the Government of India to the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880-81.Having settled in New South Wales, he was returned to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England in 1885, and was Minister of Public Instruction in the Parkes ministry (1887–1889) from January 1887 to January 1889.