Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1872–1874
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1872 to 1874. At this time the Council was composed of individuals appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1872 colonial election on 13 February 1872 and the beginning of the 1874–75 colonial election on 8 December 1874.
| Name | Years in office |
| George Allen | 1856–1861, 1861–1877 |
| John Blaxland | 1863–1884 |
| William Busby | 1867–1887 |
| William Byrnes | 1858–1861, 1861–1891 |
| Alexander Campbell | 1864–1890 |
| Charles Campbell | 1870–1888 |
| John Campbell | 1856, 1861–1886 |
| James Chisholm | 1865–1888 |
| Edward Cox 4 | 1874–1883 |
| George Cox | 1863–1901 |
| William Dalley 5 | 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888 |
| Frederick Darley | 1868–1886 |
| Leopold De Salis 3 | 1874–1898 |
| Joseph Docker | 1856–1861, 1863–1884 |
| John Fairfax 3 | 1874–1877 |
| John Frazer 3 | 1874–1884 |
| Samuel Gordon | 1861–1882 |
| John Hay | 1867–1892 |
| Thomas Holt | 1868–1883 |
| Thomas Icely 7 | 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874 |
| Joseph Innes 2 | 1873–1881 |
| Francis Lord | 1856–1861, 1864–1893 |
| Sir William Macarthur | 1864–1882 |
| Sir William Manning | 1861–1876, 1888–1895 |
| Jacob Montefiore 3 | 1856–1860, 1874–1877 |
| Henry Moore | 1868–1888 |
| Sir Terence Murray 9 | 1862–1873 |
| Edward Ogilvie | 1863–1889 |
| Robert Owen | 1868–1878 |
| Alexander Park 6 | 1858–1861, 1868–1873 |
| John Richardson | 1868–1887 |
| Bourn Russell | 1858–1861, 1861–1880 |
| Saul Samuel 1 | 1872–1880 |
| Thomas Smart | 1870–1881 |
| John Smith 3 | 1874–1885 |
| Sir Edward Thomson | 1856–1861, 1861–1879 |
| Robert Towns 8 | 1856–1861, 1863–1873 |
| John Watt 3 | 1861–1866, 1874–1890 |
| Elias Weekes | 1865–1880 |
| James White 3 | 1874–1890 |