John Benton Wild

Politician
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IntroPolitician
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Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth10 November 1806
Death26 June 1857 (aged 50 years)
Star signScorpio
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Biography

John Benton Wild (10 November 1806 – 26 June 1857) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born in County Offaly to Lieutenant John Wild and Mary Lynch. He was a pastoralist, and on 12 February 1832 married Emmeline Gaudry at Cobbitty. They had thirteen children, one of whom, William, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

John Wild was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1845 to 1848, representing the County of Camden. He died near Camden in 1857.

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