Lord, Edward

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Unique IDPE-002239SurnameLordGiven namesEdwardBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1842-1879Biographical noteBiographical details:
Lord was the son of Simeon Lord (1771-1840), emancipist, entrepreneur, merchant.

1871-1882 Alderman of East St Leonards, twice Mayor
Director of the Australian Steam Navigation Company
Director and chairman of the Australian Joint Stock Bank
Trustee of the Savings Bank
Director of the Colonial Mutual Insurance Co
Director of the Southern Insurance Co

Pictures: [ref: NSCA 54/527] and [ref: NSCA 54/542] and [ref: SRC 20609]

Portrait in oils of Lord by Gladstone Eyre commissioned by the Aldermen; Mayor’s tribute: [ref: SMH 5 August 1881 p5]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 5881/1884 LORD EDWARD [parents] SIMEON & MARY registered at ST LEONARDS

Death and funeral notices: [ref: SMH 19 November 1884 p1]; [ref: SMH 19 November 1884 p16];
Obituaries and tributes: [ref: Evening News 19 November 1884 p4, p5, p8]; [ref: SMH 19 November 1884 p7]; [ref: Sydney Mail 29 November 1884 p1094]
Council tribute: [ref: SMH 5 December 1884]

Details from contemporary sources:
1842 Appointed City Treasurer 18 November 1842 - salary £300 pa [ref: Council Meeting 18 November 1842]
1842 Appointed City Treasurer 18 November 1842 - salary £300 pa [ref: 879/003]
1843 Special Committee, reduction salaries etc - 1st & 2nd schedules [ref: 21/1/59/745[685]]
1843 New surety: BC Rodd [ref: Council Meeting 30 August 1843]
1844 Schedule of salaries for 1844 - £250 pa [ref: Council Meeting 28 December 1843]
1846 Statement of duties of officer - January [ref: 21/004/13 [45]]
1847 Salary £250 pa for 1847, 22 February [ref: 27/3/47/59]
1849 £250 pa - Salary recommendations for 1849 - 22 December 1848 [ref: 11/1]
1849 Sureties - David Ramsay & BC Rodd [ref: 27/5/49/311]
1850 £250 pa - Estimates for 1850 [ref: 27/5/50/102]
1851 £250 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1851 Sureties: Francis Lord lieu BC Rodd [ref: 7/5/367]
1852 Estimates for 1852 - £300 pa [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received nil in fees/perquisites in 1851 - resolution February - Town Clerk memo [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1853 Request increase [ref: 21/11/33 [219]]
1853 Estimates for 1853 - £400 pa [ref: 27/7/53/26]
1855 £475 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855]
1856 £475 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1858 £475 pa - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1858 [ref: 27/12/58/488]
1859 £475 pa - Salary Recommendations for 1859, February [ref: 11/3/17]
1864 Salaries of Officers 1864 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/7/3/11]
1872 Salaries of Officers 1872 [ref: 22/13/64/451]
1875 All Staff fully employed - Corporation Financial Crisis [ref: SMH 15 January 1875]
1876 £500 pa - Salaries of Officers 1876 [ref: 22/17/189]
1878 £550 pa - Salaries of Officers: 1878 [ref: 22/17/711]
1879 Salary Schedule 1879-80 - Finance Committee recommendations [ref: 22/18/125/689]
1879 Resignation, 18 November 1879 - 37 years’ service [ref: 26/161/1379]
1879 Durham & Lord (retired) recommendations for reorganisation [ref: 22/19/63]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002541

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionCity Treasurer [City Treasury Department I]Related itemsMemorandum: Town Clerk to City Treasurer - Names, date of appointment and salary of officersReport of the Special Committee - Review of duties and salaries of staffSelect Committee Report - Enquiry into business transacted for the City by senior staffMinutes of the Finance Committee. [Short meetings mostly held to pass accounts, approve salaries Minutes of the Finance Committee: "B": Payment of accounts; officers’ salaries; collection of Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1872Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1876Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1878Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1880Report of the Finance Committee recommending, after consideration of the report by Mr Durham,

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Lord, Edward