Lax-Willcox, William (18631914)

William Lax-Willcox, n.d.

William Lax-Willcox was a well-known and very popular pastoralist in New South Wales, and
was in the prime of life (fifty-two years) when he died. He was born in England, and came out to
Australia many years ago. On his arrival he went in for pastoral pursuits, and became connected
by marriage with the Edols family, of Burrawang, Forbes. In addition to assisting in the
management of Burrawang, he had interests for some time in other properties in the same
district. Later on he purchased Beanbah and Bundi Stations in the Coonamble district,
comprising about 30,000 acres, and made his home at the former place. Here he went in largely
for breeding crossbred sheep and raising fat lambs, in which he was very successful, many of his
draughts topping the Sydney market.
Amongst other positions in connection with pastoral interests, the late Captain Willcox was a
director of Winchombe, Carson Limited. In the purely volunteer days in New South Wales, he
took a keen interest in the training of the militia, in which he earned the rank of captain when
about twenty-six years of age. He married Miss Edols, who, however, died five or six years later.
There were two childrena son, Charles Lax-Willcox, and a daughter. The latter died suddenly
about eighteen months ago from haemorrhage of the brain when on a visit to Coonamble.
The news of Captain Willcox's death, which occurred in New Zealand last month, after an
operation for appendicitis, came as a great shock to his many friends. He had left Sydney only
about three weeks before, and had gone to the Dominion for the season's trout fishing. He was a
cheery and jolly companion, and will be much missed, particularly at his favourite haunt, the
Warrigal Club, Sydney.

Original publication
Pastoral Review, 16 January 1915, p 31 (view original)

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Citation details
'Lax-Willcox, William (18631914)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National
University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/lax-willcox-william-586/text587, accessed 11 May 2015.

Source: http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/lax-willcox-william-586 - accessed 11 May

2015