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Electorates
- MLC 24 November 1875–30 August 1877
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Personal Information |
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14 March 1816 |
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Limerick, Ireland |
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21 January 1897 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Perth Cemetery, WA |
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1843 to WA by Lady Grey |
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Son of Henry, Anglican clergyman, and Dorothea O’Grady |
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Married 3 June 1852, Perth to Mary Bruce (born 9 August 1835 and died 22 June 1913), daughter of John, army officer, and Johannah Jacoba Herklotz
Children: two sons and three daughters
Father of Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy |
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Church of England |
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Farmer and public servant |
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Pastoralist at Walebing
Private secretary to Governor Charles Fitzgerald (1849–1853?) (1854–1855)
1851 Clerk to Executive and Legislative Council
Colonial Treasurer 1856–December 1890
Acting Colonial Secretary from 24 July 1875 |
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CMG 1878 |
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1847 with brother explored east of Avon
In England 1858, 1863–1865; 1868–1871
1871 foundation committee member Weld Club
Justice of the Peace, 1876 |
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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. 17. |
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RE Cranfield, From Ireland to Western Australia, Perth, 1960.
FK Crowley, Forrest 1847-1918: Vol I, 1847-91, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1971, p. 148 (portrait)
R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
WB Kimberly, History of West Australia. A narrative of her past, together with biographies of her leading men, G. C. Lefroy, 'Lefroy, Anthony O'Grady (1816–1897)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lefroy-anthony-ogrady-4007/text6349, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 23 December 2015.
FW Niven and Co, Melbourne, 1897, p. 1966–1967. |