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James Lorimer (Australian politician)
Sir James Lorimer (30 March 1831 – 6 September 1889)〔''The Sydney Mail'' Sep 21, 1889〕 was an Australian politician and businessman. He was the first chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust and a Member of the Legislative Council in the Victorian parliament from 1879 to 1889.〔(C. R. Badger, 'Lorimer, Sir James (1831–1889)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,, accessed 17 September 2013. )〕
==Personal life==
Lorimer was born on 30 March 1831 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, to merchant Thomas Lorimer and Catherine, née Walkin. He was educated at Haddon Hall Academy, and articled to a Liverpool softgoods firm which traded with Africa and America. He travelled to Victoria in 1853 on health advice and chose to stay. He married Eliza Kenworthy, the daughter of the United States consul in Sydney, on 4 March 1858, with whom he raised eleven children, ten of whom survived him.〔
In 1869 he commissioned architect Leonard Terry to design a large Toorak mansion which he named 'Greenwich House'.〔(Victorian Heritage Database place details – 17/9/2013 Greenwich House )〕
He died of pleurisy on 6 September 1889, leaving an estate of £60,000, and was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.〔
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