Thomas Dangar

Thomas Dangar (1 February 1807 – 13 March 1878) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at St Neot in Cornwall to William Dangar and Judith Hooper. Three times married, his stepson was Thomas Gordon Gibbons Dangar and he was an uncle of Henry Cary Dangar, both also politicians. He migrated to New South Wales in 1825, first working in Sydney and then establishing a business at West Maitland in 1834. In 1836 he became Scone's first postmaster, also establishing a local inn and store. He opened another store at Muswellbrook, but in 1860 returned to Sydney. In 1861 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter, but he was defeated in 1864. Dangar died at Lavender Bay in 1878.[1]