Thomas_Moffatt

Thomas Moffatt

Thomas Moffatt

Australian politician

Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (17 April 1824 – 2 October 1864),[1] was a politician in colonial Queensland, and a Treasurer of Queensland.[2] His surname is also sometimes spelled "Moffat".

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Early life

Moffatt was born in 1824 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, the son of James Moffatt, the rector of Athlone, and his wife Elizabeth née Kellett.[3] He set out for Australia in 1844 and worked with his uncle, Captain R. G. Moffatt, a former magistrate and commander of the military police in Port Stephens[4] who by that time had turned his attention to agriculture and sheep farming.[5] He later moved north and became a squatter, establishing a station called "Callandoon" on the Darling Downs. He sold the station in 1849 and moved to the town of Drayton.[2] In 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Moffat to Russell H. Stuart.[6]

Political career

Moffatt was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 27 April 1860 for the district of Western Downs.[2] Moffatt became Colonial Treasurer in the first Robert Herbert Ministry on 4 August 1862, and retained this post till his death on 2 October 1864.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Hon. Thomas de Lacy MOFFATT — Clan Moffat Genealogy. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    Mennell, Philip (1892). "Moffatt, Hon. Thomas de Lacy" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. [3]
    Kingston, Beverley. "Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy (1826–1864)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  4. [4]
    In the Service of the Company: Letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural Company. December 1829 - June 1832, Volume 1. ANU Press. 2005. p. ix. ISBN 9781920942298.
  5. [5]
    "Australian Agricultural Company". Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. [6]
    "TRANSFER OF RUNS". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 73. New South Wales, Australia. 20 July 1852. p. 1115. Retrieved 28 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    "Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy". Former Members. Parliament of Queensland.
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