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MLC |
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24 December 1890 |
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Nominated |
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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 24 December 1890–June 1894
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Amherst, Josceline George, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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1894 |
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Personal Information |
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7 June 1846 |
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Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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1 February 1900 |
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Darlington, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived Western Australia on Rome 16 June 1885 |
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Son of William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst, and Gertrude, daughter of Right Reverend Hugh Percy |
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Church of England |
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Eton, 1865
Matriculated Christ Church, Oxford, did not graduate
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Lawyer and public servant |
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Barrister Inner Temple
1881–1883 Private Secretary to Sir William Des Voeux, Government of Fiji
1885–1887 Private Secretary to Governor Broome and Clerk of Executive Council
1889–1896 on Holmesdale property at Darlington with Dr AR Waylen established vineyard 1897–1900 at Smith’s Mill |
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Darling Range Road Board, first Chairman 1898–99 |
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To London then back to Western Australia, Carthage, 18 March 1888
President Swan Vine and Fruit Growers’ Association
1897 Director WA Mortgage and Agency Company
1890 Trustee Western Australian Cricket Association
President Royal Agricultural Society
Horticulturalist
Interested in horse racing
Freemason |
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D Black and G Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1890-1930 , Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 27.
BDWA I.
Burke II, p. 515.
J Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis.
Government Gazette, 1889, p. 27.
West Australian, 2 February 1900. |
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