James Laidley (administrator)

James Laidley (1786–1835) was a British-born administrator in the colony of New South Wales (later a state of Australia).

[1] He married Eliza Jane Shepheard in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, on 18 October 1810.

Laidley died on Sunday 30 August 1835 at his residence in Darlinghurst, Sydney after a short illness.

[2][3] His funeral process left from his home on Tuesday 1 September 1835 for the General Burying Ground where the service was "impressively" conducted by the Rev.

[6] His son James Turquand Laidley would later hold property in Mount Mort (near Laidley), Queensland with his brother-in-law Henry Mort.