Solomon Hyam

Solomon Herbert Hyam was an Australian politician.
He was born at Sarah's Valley near Jamberoo, [New South Wales|Jamberoo] to landowner and innkeeper Michael Hyam and Charlotte Rebecca Broughton. He was home schooled and became a commercial agent in Sydney, where he was bankrupted in 1860 and joined his father's law business. In 1866 he returned to commerce, and from 1874 was a produce merchant. In 1861 he married Sarah Priestley, with whom he had six children. A Balmain alderman from 1874 to 1879, he was mayor from 1876 to 1879. He was elected to the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] for Balmain in 1885, but lost his seat in 1887. In 1892 he was appointed to the New South [Wales Legislative Council], where he remained until his death at Katoomba in 1901.