# Adolphus Goldsmith

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{{Short description|Australian politician (1798–1876)}}
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'''Adolphus Goldsmith''', also known as '''Adolphe Goldschmidt''', (6 May 1798 – 1876) was a politician in colonial [Victoria (Australia)](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), a member of the first [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council).<ref name=parl>{{cite re-member |num2=524 |name=Goldsmith, Adolphus |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>

Goldsmith was born in [London](/source/London), England, the son of Lion Abraham Goldschmidt and Adelaide (Adelheid) Hertz.<ref name=parl/> Goldsmith arrived in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) on 30 June 1841 aboard the ''Caroline''.<ref name=parl/> Goldsmith acquired the pastoral lease for Trawallo (known later as Trewalla - see [Trawalla, Victoria](/source/Trawalla%2C_Victoria)) later in 1841. He was appointed a territorial magistrate on 26 March 1844.<ref name=parl/> Goldmith was a member of the [Melbourne Club](/source/Melbourne_Club) and a friend of Sir [Redmond Barry](/source/Redmond_Barry).<ref name=parl/>

Goldsmith was elected to the district of [Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ripon%2C_Hampden%2C_Grenville_and_Polwarth) in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council on 6 September 1851.<ref>
{{cite book
 |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301991h.html
 |title=Early History of the Colony of Victoria
 |volume=II
 |author=Labilliere, Francis Peter
 |author-link=Francis Peter Labilliere
 }}</ref> He resigned from the Council in November 1853 and retired to [Paris](/source/Paris), France, where he died in 1876.<ref name=parl/>

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 | title = Member for<br>[Ripon, Hampden, Grenville & Polwarth](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ripon%2C_Hampden%2C_Grenville_and_Polwarth)
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{{s-aft | after = [John Thompson Charlton](/source/John_Thompson_Charlton)}}
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Category:1798 births
Category:1876 deaths
Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Category:Politicians from London
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:British emigrants to colonial Australia

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