Thomas Dangar (13 March 1808 – 13 March 1878) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at St Neot in

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to William Dangar and Judith Hooper. His obituary in

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gives his date of birth as 13 March 1808, while his parliamentary biography gives it as 1 February 1807. His two brothers,

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and William Danger, migrated to New South Wales and he followed them, arriving on 13 March 1825. He first worked in Sydney and then establishing a business at

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in 1834. On 31 October 1832 he married Charlotte Selina Gibbons Hutchinson, who was widowed, with one son

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who took the surname Dangar. In 1836 he became

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's first postmaster, also establishing a local inn and store. He opened another store at

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, but in 1860 returned to Sydney. In 1861 he was elected to the

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for

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, but he was defeated in 1864. Both his stepson, Tom, and his nephew,

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, would also become members of the Legislative Assembly. Dangar died at

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in 1878 (aged or ).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangar, Thomas 1808 births 1878 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians