Charles Meredith (politician)

[1] His father saw service in the royal marines during the Napoleonic wars, and later decided to emigrate to Van Diemen's Land (later called Tasmania).

[2] He visited England in 1838 and married his cousin, Louisa Anne Twamley at Old Edgbaston Church, Birmingham on 18 April 1839.

While Charles inspected sheep stations on the Murrumbidgee River, Louisa stayed at Bathurst.

Meredith became a member of the original Tasmanian Legislative Council and was elected for Glamorgan in the first house of assembly in 1856.

Meredith resigned his seat on account of ill-health in 1879, and died at Launceston, Tasmania, on 2 March 1880.