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MLC |
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2 November 1880 |
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Nominated |
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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 2 November 1880–21 January 1883
Office
- Colonial Secretary 2 November 1880–21 January 1883
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1883 |
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Personal Information |
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5 July 1849 |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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5 July 1911 |
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Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrived WA on Rosette circa October 1880 |
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Eldest son of Robert Francis, 2nd Baron, and Frederica Charlotte Fitzhardinge Berkley |
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Married 22 April 1880, Parish Church of St Peter’s, Pimlico, London, England to Sophia Catherine Street (born circa 1860), daughter of General John Alfred
No children |
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Church of England |
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Educated Harrow
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Soldier |
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1869 entered 83rd Foot
1872 succeeded to title
1873 exchanged to 24th Foot
Lieutenant in Ashanti War, receiving VC for distinguished gallantry at taking of Bequeh
1876 exchanged to 57th Foot
1878–1879 in Cyprus
1879 aide-de-camp to Wolesley in Zulu War
Retired from Army as Brevet Major
Colonial Secretary, Gibraltar 1883–1887
1889 director British South Africa Company |
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3rd Baron (1872)
Victoria Cross (1874) |
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Departed WA in January 1883 on Rob Roy |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 12.
Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of Colonial gentry, Vol 2.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Who Was Who, (1897–1915) |
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