Fergus Smith
# Fergus Smith

Fergus Jago Smith (8 June 1843 – 25 January 1924) was an Australian politician and pastoralist.

## Early life

He was born at Gulgong to John Smith, a chemistry professor and later politician, and Mary née Tom, the eldest of 11 children. He attended The King's School in Parramatta, and after a world tour worked on his father's station at Molong and then on another station near Bathurst which he later owned.

## Political career

In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for West Macquarie. He did not re-contest in 1889. In 1895 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death. He was a brother-in-law to fellow politicians Charles Barton and Sir Joseph Innes.

## Personal life

Smith married Emily Grace Machattie on 25 January 1866. They had no children, but adopted a daughter, Violet Kathleen Marion, who married Lieutenant-Colonel Chetwynd Rokeby Alfred Bond, who served in the Indian Staff Corps. Smith died at Bathurst on 25 January 1924(1924-01-25) (aged 80), and his estate was valued at £76,810.

