| 词条 | Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior |
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|honorific-prefix = The Hon |name = Thomas Murray-Prior |honorific-suffix = |image = StateLibQld 1 95744 Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior.jpg |caption = Murray-Prior circa. 1865 | office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | term_start1 = 22 February 1866 | term_end1 = 31 December 1892 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1819|11|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Wells, Somerset, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1892|12|31|1819|11|13|df=y}} |death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |restingplace = Toowong Cemetery |birthname = Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior |nationality = English Australian |party = |otherparty = |spouse = Matilda Harpur (m.1846 d.1868), Nora Clarina Barton (m.1872 d.1931) |known_for = | occupation = Farmer, Grazier, Public servant | relations = Rosa Praed (daughter), Thomas Murray-Prior (son) | alma_mater = | religion = Church of England }} The Hon. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior of Maroon (Wells, Somerset, England, 13 November 1819 – Albion, Queensland, 31 December 1892)[1] was an Australian politician. He held the office of Postmaster-General in Queensland, Australia, whilst Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. FamilyBorn the son of Thomas Murray-Prior of Windsor Terrace (1790 – Southsea, 19 July 1864), an Officer in the 11th Hussars[2] who served at the Battle of Waterloo, and his second wife Eliza Catherine Skinner[1] (died 18 November 1863) (married at Cookham Church, Berkshire, 31 December 1818), paternal grandson of Thomas Murray-Prior of Rathdowney and Catherine Palmer and maternal grandson of William Augustus Skinner of Moor Hall, Cookham, and Mary Orlebar. Education and businessMurray-Prior was educated by the private tutors Monsieur Giron at Reading, and Dr. Burney at Gosport[2] and in Brussels under Reverend William Drury.[1] Murray-Prior took up sheep farming on a large scale; during one scab outbreak in 1858 he lost 8,000 sheep; during that same year he sold his sheep farm and bought a banana plantation at Ormiston, Queensland.[1] Postmaster-GeneralIn 1860 Murray-Prior tried but failed to be elected to the seat of East Moreton, and in 1861 became a Postal Inspector – he became Postmaster-General in 1862. When this position became a political post, he was nominated to the Legislative Council on 10 April 1866. In 1863 Rachel Henning wrote: "I suppose it does not require any great talent to be a Postmaster General. I hope not, for such a goose I have seldom seen. He talked incessantly and all his conversation consisted of pointless stories of which he himself was the hero."[1] Marriages and issueOn 3 September 1846 in Liverpool Murray-Prior married Matilda Harpur[1] (niece of Charles Harpur). His first wife died in 1868. He married secondly in Ryde, New South Wales, on 18 December 1872 to Nora Clarina Barton (Boree Nyrang near Orange, New South Wales, 3 December 1846 – London, 1931), who was an aunt of Poet Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson[1] (son of Andrew Bogle Paterson and Rose Isabella Barton) and cousin of Sir John Darvall, daughter of Robert Johnstone Barton (1811 – Cudal, New South Wales, 1863) and wife (married Sydney, 1840 or 1841) Emily Mary Darvall (born 1818), paternal granddaughter of Charles Barton and Susannah Johnston and maternal granddaughter of Edward Darvall and Emily Godschall Johnson. He was survived by seven of the twelve children of his first marriage and seven of the eight children from his second.[1] His eldest daughter, Rosa Praed, was a noted author.[1] Another daughter, Elizabeth Catherine;[3] married John Robert Jardine (1847–1911), a grandson of Sir Alexander Jardine, 6th Baronet.[4] A noted collector of paintings, some of his collection is now held by Brisbane Art Gallery.[1] Descendancy to the Queen of the AlbaniansHis son Robert Sterling Murray-Prior (Kangaroo Point, 29 September 1881 – Hunters Hill, 31 May 1962) married Estella Augusta Herring (Gladesville, 3 March 1883 – Hunters Hill, 7 September 1968) at Gladesville on 22 April 1906, daughter of Gerard Edgar Herring (Cromer, Norfolk, 1835 – Gladesville, Sydney, 10 February 1915), Under Secretary for Lands, and second wife (married Ryde, New South Wales, 1879) Caroline Estella De Lange. His granddaughter Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior (born 14 December 1913, Hunters Hill) married at Hunters Hill on 23 February 1935 Alan Robert Cullen-Ward (Mosman, born 23 August 1910), son of Rupert Allen Cullen-Ward (Stoke Newington, 18 June 1881 – Sydney, 12 June 1948) and wife (married Drummoyne, 1 December 1909) Mary Winifred Collins (Charter's Towers, 4 May 1884 – Drummoyne, 13 May 1940), paternal grandson of William Cullen-Ward (Paddington, 25 April 1854 – Waverley, New South Wales, 5 September 1913) and Mary Ann Hibbard, maternal grandson of Robert Collins (Liverpool, born 8 September 1844) and Winifred Geraghty (Ballinasloe, born 1851), and great-grandson of William Ward and Elizabeth Ann Cullen. His great-granddaughter, Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward, married Crown Prince Leka of Albania, only son of King Zog I of Albania. DeathMurray-Prior died at Whytecliffe, Nundah, Queensland, on 31 December 1892[1] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[5][6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web |url= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murray-prior-thomas-lodge-4282 |title= Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (1819–1892) |author= Gibbney, H. J. |year= 1974 |work= Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher= Australian National University |location= Canberra, Australia |accessdate= 28 December 2012}} 2. ^1 {{cite Australasia|Murray-Prior, Hon. Thomas Lodge}} 3. ^{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p30806.htm#i308057 |title=p. 30806 § 308057 |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p30804.htm#i308034 |title=p. 30804 § 308034 |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3553551 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=2 January 1893 |accessdate=21 February 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=142412 Prior Thomas Lodge Murray] — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 21 February 2015. Sources
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