Samuel Blackall
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| Preceded by | Sir George Bowen |
| Succeeded by | George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby |
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| Born | 1 May 1809 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery, Queensland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Georgiana Rowles (1833–1853) Catherine Bond (1858–1864) |
| Profession | Politician |
Samuel Wensley Blackall (1 May 1809 – 2 January 1871) was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871.[1][2]
Early life
Blackall was born in
Royal Longford Militia, as a major.[4]
Public life
Blackall entered Irish public life in 1833, becoming
British House of Commons for the constituency of Longford
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From 1851 to 1857, he worked in the colonial service as
Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica. After some trouble with the Colonial Office, he returned to colonial service as governor of Sierra Leone, then governor in chief at the West African Settlements from 1865, and then Governor of Queensland from 1868. Blackall's tenure as governor was dominated by a constitutional crisis caused by a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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Death and legacy
By 1870, Blackall's health was declining rapidly, and shortly after selecting the highest burial site at the new Toowong Cemetery, he died in office on 2 January 1871.
The town of Blackall in Queensland was named after him, as was the Blackall Range and Blackall Terrace in East Brisbane and the merchant ship SS Governor Blackall.[4]
References
- ^ Note: Blackall was not the same Samuel Blackall who was linked with Jane Austen as a potential suitor. The latter was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of whom Jane commented in letters to her sister Cassandra, 'There is less love and more sense in it than sometimes appeared before, and I am very satisfied. It will all go on exceedingly well and decline away in a very reasonable manner". See: Marghanita Laski (1977) Jane Austen and her world, Thames and Hudson London. p. 46
- OCLC 70677943.
- Thomas Ulick Sadleirp69: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ ISBN 0-947336-01-X.
- ^ "High Sheriffs, 1862". The Cavan Observer. 18 January 1862. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samuel Blackall.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- Blackall, Samuel Wensley — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Samuel Blackall
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