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- MLC Murray and Williams 12 May 1886 (by-election)–30 January 1889
- Contested Wellington 28 November 1867
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Personal Information |
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10 February 1832 |
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Craven Hill, London, England, United Kingdom |
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21 March 1898 |
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Pinjarra Park, Western Australia |
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Pinjarra Cemetery, WA |
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To WA 1859 |
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Son of William, Colonel in Royal Army, and Mary Agnes Wickham |
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Married 30 March 1864, Trinity Church, Paddington, London, England to Eliza Audrey Agnes (born 9 November 1839 and died 17 September 1918), daughter of Captain Henry Hill, 57th Fusiliers
Children: three sons and four daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Cheltenham College
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Farmer |
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1851 commissioned in 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers)
On return to WA farmer and grazier, Pinjarra Park, until 1882
Commanded Pinjarra Mounted Volunteers
Twice acting Resident Magistrate, Murray
Only brandy distiller in WA
Took up land in Swan district |
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Justice of the Peace, 1862
To England 1863-1864 |
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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. 10.
Burke. Genealogical and Heraldic History of Colonial gentry, Vol 2, p. 16.
Erikson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume II.
West Australian, 22 March 1898. |
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