Francis Lord

Francis Lord (1812 – 21 December 1897), often referred to as Frank Lord,^[1] was an Australian politician.^[2]

Lord was born in Sydney the second son of Mary Hyde and Simeon Lord, an ex-convict turned entrepreneur and later magistrate.^[3] He ran a store at Bathurst before becoming a pastoralist at Cumnock. On 6 April 1839 he married Mary Ainsworth (or Hanesworth), with whom he had seven children. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1848 as the elected member for the County of Bathurst.^[4] He unsuccessfully stood for election for Bathurst in 1848,^[5] and 1851.^[6] He was appointed for five years from 1856 to 1861 and a life appointment from 1864 sitting until 1893 when his seat was declared vacant having not attended for two consecutive sessions.^[7] Lord died at Rydal in 1897.^[2]

His brother George (1818–1880), was also a member of parliament, initially in the first Legislative Assembly in 1856, becoming Colonial Treasurer from December 1870 to May 1872. George joined Francis in the Legislative Council in 1877.^[8]