James Patrick Garvan (2 May 1843 – 20 November 1896)[1] was an Australian politician, Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales in 1889.
Life edit
Garvan was born in Cappagh, County Limerick, Ireland, son of Denis Bourke Garvan and Anne, née Culhane.[1] Garvan founded the North Shore Steam Ferry Co. Ltd., the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Ltd and the City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.[2] He represented Eden in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[3] He was Minister of Justice in the Jennings ministry from February 1886 to January 1887, and Colonial Treasurer in the second Dibbs ministry from January to March 1889.[3][4]
Death edit
Garvan died at North Sydney on 20 November 1896 (aged 53).[5][6]
His son John Garvan was the inaugural chairman of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.[7]
After his death, Garvan's daughter Helen Mills donated £100,000 towards the establishment of a medical research institute, which she requested be named the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in her father's honour.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "James Patrick Garvan". New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Nairn, Bede. "Garvan, James Patrick (1843–1896)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ a b Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Mr James Patrick Garvan (1843-1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "The Late Mr. J. P. Garvan". Australian Town and Country Journal. 28 November 1896. p. 20. Retrieved 2 July 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Late Mr. J. P. Garvan". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. 28 November 1896. p. 1144. Retrieved 2 July 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ Nairn, Bede (1981). "Garvan, Sir John Joseph (1873–1927)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8.
- ^ "History". Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Retrieved 18 December 2022.