# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851–1856

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856. The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected. The initial appointments were made in October 1851. The Speaker was Charles Nicholson.
| Name | Appointed or District | Years in office |
| George Allen | Appointed | 1845–1856 |
| Thomas Barker | Appointed | 1853–1856 |
| George Barney | Appointed (Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands) | 1843; 1851–1856 |
| Alexander Berry | Appointed | 1843–1856 |
| James Bettington | Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh | 1851–1853 |
| Francis Bigge | Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa | 1851–1852 |
| James Bligh | County of Bathurst | 1851–1856 |
| George Bowman | Counties of Northumberland and Hunter | 1851–1856 |
| William Bowman | Cumberland Boroughs | 1843–1851; 1853–1856 |
| William Bradley | Appointed | 1843–1846; 1851–1856 |
| Edward Broadhurst | Appointed | 1851–1856 |
| Robert Campbell | City of Sydney | 1851–1856 |
| James Chisholm | Counties of King and Georgiana | 1851–1856; 1865–1888 |
| William Christie | Appointed | 1852–1856 |
| Daniel Cooper | Counties of Murray and St Vincent | 1849–1851; 1855–1856 |
| Charles Cowper | County of Durham | 1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860 |
| Edward Cox | Appointed | 1851–1855 |
| John Darvall | County of Cumberland | 1844–1856 |
| Alfred Denison | Appointed | 1851–1851 |
| John Dobie | Appointed | 1851–1855 |
| Stuart Donaldson | County of Durham; Sydney Hamlets | 1848–1853; 1855–1856 |
| Henry Douglass | Counties of Northumberland and Hunter | 1851–1856; 1856–1861 |
| William Dumaresq | Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh | 1843–1848; 1851–1856 |
| Daniel Egan | Pastoral District of Maneroo | 1854–1856 |
| Charles Finch | Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh | 1853–1856 |
| Robert Fitzgerald | County of Cumberland | 1849–1856; 1856–1865 |
| Edward Flood | North Eastern Boroughs | 1851–1856; 1879–1888 |
| John Gibbes | Appointed (Collector of Customs) | 1843–1855 |
| Arthur Hodgson | County of Stanley | 1854 |
| John Holden | Cumberland Boroughs; Appointed | 1851–1853; 1853–1856 |
| Arthur Holroyd | Western Boroughs | 1851–1856 |
| Thomas Hood | Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs | 1855–1856; 1856–1861 |
| Henry Hughes | Appointed | 1851–1853 |
| Thomas Icely | Appointed | 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874 |
| Arthur Jeffreys | Pastoral District of Maneroo | 1851–1854 |
| Richard Jones | Stanley Boroughs | 1829–1843; 1850–1852 |
| Phillip King | Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie | 1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856 |
| John Lamb | City of Sydney | 1844–1851; 1851–1853 |
| John Lang | City of Sydney County of Stanley | 1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856 |
| George Leslie | Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs | 1851–1855 |
| William Lithgow | Appointed (Auditor-General) | 1829–1852 |
| Alexander Longmore | Appointed | 1851 |
| James Macarthur | County of Camden, Western Division | 1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867 |
| William Macarthur | Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling | 1849–1855; 1864–1882 |
| George Macleay | Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee | 1851–1856 |
| William Macleay | Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling | 1855–1856 |
| William Manning | Appointed (Solicitor General) | 1851–1856 |
| Matthew Marsh | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1851–1855 |
| James Martin | Counties of Cook and Westmoreland | 1848–1856 |
| Robert Massie | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1855 |
| William Mayne | Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) | 1852–1856 |
| Francis Merewether | Appointed (Postmaster-General) | 1851–1856 |
| James Mitchell | Appointed | 1855–1856 |
| Augustus Morris | Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir | 1851–1856 |
| Terence Murray | Southern Boroughs | 1843–1856 |
| Bob Nichols | Northumberland Boroughs | 1848–1856 |
| Charles Nicholson | County of Argyle | 1843–1856 |
| George Oakes | Town of Parramatta | 1848–1856; 1879–1881 |
| Alick Osborne | Counties of Murray and St Vincent | 1851–1855 |
| Henry Osborne | County of Camden, Eastern Division | 1851–1856 |
| Alexander Park | County of Durham | 1853–1856 |
| Henry Parker | Appointed | 1846–1856 |
| Henry Parkes | City of Sydney | 1854–1856 |
| John Plunkett | Appointed (Attorney General) | 1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869 |
| John Richardson | County of Stanley; Stanley Boroughs | 1851–1854; 1855–1856 |
| Campbell Riddell | Appointed (Colonial Treasurer) | 1843–1858 |
| Thomas Rusden | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1855–1856 |
| Henry Russell | Stanley Boroughs | 1853–1855 |
| Saul Samuel | Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington | 1854–1856; 1872–1880 |
| Thomas Smart | Sydney Hamlets | 1851–1855; 1870–1881 |
| Richard Smith | Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa | 1853–1856 |
| William Spain | Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) | 1851–1852; 1856–1858 |
| John Stirling | Appointed | 1854–1856 |
| William Suttor Sr. | Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington | 1843–1854 |
| Edward Thomson | Appointed (Colonial Secretary) | 1837–1854; 1856–1879 |
| William Thurlow | City of Sydney | 1853–1855 |
| Edward Ward | Appointed | 1855–1856; 1861–1865 |
| William Wentworth | City of Sydney | 1843–1854; 1861–1862 |
| James Wilshire | City of Sydney | 1855–1856 |