Samuel William Gray (1 January 1823 – 19 April 1889) was an Irish Australian pastoralist, farmer and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama (1859–1864), Illawarra (1874–1880) and The Richmond (1882–1885).
[1] There, James bought his brother-in-law's grant of 1,280 acres (5.2 km2) of land south of Kiama, naming it "The Omega Retreat".
[1] On 16 June 1859, Samuel Gray was elected as the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama, with 70.4 percent of the vote.
[4] After leaving office in 1864, he was elected as the member for Illawarra in 1874 with 56.8 percent of the vote,[5] and re-elected unopposed in 1877.
[6] He left office again in 1880 and was elected by the Richmond in 1882 with 60.4 percent of the vote,[7] a position which he held until 1885 when he did not re-contest.