| 词条 | Francis Singleton |
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Singleton was the third son of Francis Corbet, of Aclare, County Meath, Ireland, who assumed the additional name of Singleton in compliance with the will of his great grand-uncle, the Right Hon. Henry Singleton, sometime Master of the Rolls and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland.[1] Singleton entered the Royal navy in 1825, was present at the capture of the Morea Castle in Greece and left the navy in 1836.[2] He married Louisa, daughter of Rev. Thomas Gore, of Mulranken, County Wexford.[1] Singleton was clerk of the Legislative Council and Government Resident of the Murray district, Western Australia, from 1840 to 1847; a member of the Legislative Council of that colony nominated by the Crown, from 1844 to 1847; Auditor-General of South Australia from 8 May 1847, to January 1851; clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia from December 1850 to December 1851; clerk of the wholly nominated South Australian Legislative Council from December 1850 to August 1851; clerk of the partly elected Council from August 1851 to February 1857; and clerk of the wholly elected Legislative Council, under the Constitution Act, from February 1857 till his death on 10 May 1887.[1] External links
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite Australasia|Singleton, Francis Corbet}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Singleton, Francis Corbet}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37172849 |title=Death of Mr. F. C. Singleton. |work=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide, S.A. |date=11 May 1887 |accessdate=26 August 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6 : 1812 births|1887 deaths|Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council|People from County Meath|Irish emigrants to Australia|19th-century Australian politicians |
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