Randolph Want
English-born Australian politician
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Randolph John Want (1811 – 28 June 1869) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born in London to surgeon John Want and Mary Nott. He migrated to New South Wales in 1829 and was granted land near Camden.[1] In 1837 he was admitted as a solicitor. On 28 September 1839 he married Harriette Lister, with whom he had nine children.[2] one of these, John Henry, would be a significant politician in the latter half of the nineteenth century.[3]
From 1856 to 1861 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1] He was also a pioneer of shale mining in New South Wales.[2]
Want died in 1869 (aged 57–58) .[1]
