Background
He was born in New South Wales to convicts Joseph Harpur and Sarah Chidley.
He was born in New South Wales to convicts Joseph Harpur and Sarah Chidley.
He was a public servant and clerk, and active in radical and temperence movements. In 1861 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Patrick"s Plains, but he did not re-contest in 1864. Harpur died in Sydney in 1878.