Robert_Lord_(Australian_politician)

Robert Lord (Australian politician)

Robert Lord (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Robert Stuart Lord (1844 – 23 July 1878) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

Parliament House, Brisbane

Early life

Lord was born in 1844 in (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). His parents were Simeon Lord Jnr (1810-1892) and Sarah (née Birch). Lord's family had connections to Australia dating back to his grandfather Simeon Lord (c. 28 January 1771 – 29 January 1840), a transported convict. Lord was educated in England and came to Queensland in 1866.[3]

Robert Lord married Louise, relict of the late J. Wickey Stable, Esq., solicitor, of Toowoomba, Queensland on the 3rd June 1871, at St. Jude's Randwick, N.S.W.[4]

Politics

In 1870 he was appointed a magistrate of the territory in Ravenswood Queensland.[5] In 1871 he was appointed as one of the trustees of the Racecourse Reserve in Gympie.[6]

Lord represented the electoral district of Gympie from 7 November 1873 to 9 March 1877.[1]

Later life

Lord died on 23 July 1878 in Gympie.[3] His obituary appeared in the Hobart Mercury on 12 August 1878[7] as well as in many Queensland newspapers including The Queenslander.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    "Lord, Robert Stuart". Former Member Details. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. [3]
    Waterson, D. B. (2001). A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929. 2nd revised edition. Sydney: Casket Publications.
  4. [4]
    "Family Notices". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. IV, no. 368. Queensland, Australia. 14 June 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXV, no. 4, 091. Queensland, Australia. 14 November 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXV, no. 4, 266. Queensland, Australia. 5 June 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    "DEATH OF MR. ROBERT S. LORD". The Mercury. 12 August 1878. p. 2. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Death of Mr. R. S. Lord". The Queenslander. 27 July 1878. p. 519. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2016.


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