Atkinson Tighe

Atkinson Alfred Patrick Tighe (3 March 1827 – 13 June 1905) was an Australian politician, butcher and police magistrate.

He was born at sea near Corfu to Sergeant Robert Tighe of the 17th Regiment.

He arrived in New South Wales around 1830, and by 1840 his father was chief constable and a publican at Newcastle.

The younger Tighe established a slaughterhouse, and on 14 July 1859 married Arabella Vine, with whom he had seven children.

[1] In 1862 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northumberland, serving until 1869.