Arthur Whittingham
Arthur Whittingham | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 July 1912 – 23 March 1922 | |
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| Born | Arthur Herbert Whittingham 20 September 1869 Grazier |
Arthur Herbert Whittingham (20 September 1869 – 20 June 1927) was an Australian
grazier, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]
Early life
Of
Victoria, Australia where his father became a principal of Whittingham Bros, a pastoral firm that had holdings in several states. He attended Kew High School before attending Geelong Grammar School and in 1887, Whittingham studied arts at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3] He next studied medicine at London University but after three years his studies were interrupted due to the deaths of his father and elder brother and Whittingham headed back to Australia to look after the family's business interests.[3]
In 1901, Whittingham was sent to manage Alice Downs, a property near
Blackall that his father and brother, John had taken up in 1878. Along with another brother, Harold, he bought the property in 1903 and in 1909, after buying out Harold's interest, became sole owner of the run. He had stocked the property with 80,000 Merino sheep but land resumptions of the property to meet the increasing nearby population led to purchasing several more properties in Central Queensland
.
Political career
Having been Chairman of the
Kargoolnah Shire Council and a Member of the Barcoo Marsupial Board,[1] Whittingham's first attempt at entering state politics was at the 1907 state election, where, as an independent Ministerial candidate, he contested the electoral district of Barcoo and was soundly defeated by the sitting member, George Kerr.[4]
Whittingham was called to the Legislative Council on 1 July 1912,
He was a founding member of the Queensland Recruiting Committee during World War I.[6]
Personal life
At
Legislative Assembly.[7] They lived at Mayfield in the suburb of Hamilton[3] and in the 1920s it became a centre of Brisbane's social activities with Cecile being described as 'Queensland's best dressed woman'.[3]
Whittingham's business career was wide and varied. Along with his pastoral interests, he was a director of The Union Trustee Company, the Blackall Wool Scouring Company, and the Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Company.
Whittingham died of heart disease at the
Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital[3] in June 1927.[2] His funeral was held at St John's Cathedral[8] and proceeded to the Toowong Cemetery.[9] In his will, which was contested by his wife,[3] he left £100,000 to the Geelong Grammar School, and various amounts to many other charities.[10] When Cecile Whittingham died in 1972,[11] the Grammar School received another $221,875.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 June 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Whittingham, Arthur Herbert (1869–1927) – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Barcoo". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 6 February 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "State Politics". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 2 July 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 899. Queensland, Australia. 29 May 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 June 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Whittingham Arthur Herbert Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "WHITTINGHAM ESTATE". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 August 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Family history research – Queensland Government Births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
