Samuel Hamersley
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| Born | 12 October 1842 Guildford, Western Australia |
| Died | 1 October 1896 Guildford, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Farmer Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Brown |
| Parent(s) | Edward Hamersley (Snr) |
| Relatives |
Edward Hamersley (Jnr) (brother) Margaret Forrest (sister) William Locke Brockman (uncle) Thomas Brown (father-in-law) Maitland Brown (brother-in-law) Kenneth Brown (brother-in-law) |
Samuel Richard Hamersley (1842–1896) was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for six years.
Samuel Hamersley was born in Guildford, Western Australia on 12 October 1842. The Hamersleys were a well connected family, and he was related by blood or marriage to a number of prominent Western Australian farmers and politicians. His father, Edward, was one of the leading Western Australian landholders of his day; his brother Edward also became a Member of the Legislative Council; William Locke Brockman was his uncle; his sister Margaret married Sir John Forrest; and his wife Matilda was sister to Maitland Brown.
At the age of one, he went with his family to France. The family returned to Western Australia in 1850, building a home in Guildford. In his youth, he farmed in Toodyay, York and Swan Districts under a system of tenant farming.
In 1863, he was a member of an exploring expedition to the Glenelg River.
From about 1865 until 1868, he managed the family's Richmond property at Williams; he then spend some time at Wungong in the Canning district, before returning to Guildford in 1870. In 1873, he was running a butchering business, and in 1875 he inherited his father's Haseley property in Toodyay.
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