Thomas Livingstone Learmonth
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Thomas Livingstone Learmonth | |
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Calcutta, British India | |
| Died | 28 October 1903 , Scotland |
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| Relatives | Somerville Learmonth (brother) |
Thomas Livingstone Learmonth of Parkhill (2 May 1818 – 28 October 1903) was an early settler of Australia, of Scots descent, who established himself as a squatter on land around Ballarat, then in the colony of New South Wales, in the 1830s.
Life
He was born simply Thomas Learmonth, in
Having been attracted to the new settlement at
In 1853, Learmonth wrote a memoir of his early years on the land in Victoria that, together with other similar accounts, were later published.[3]
In November 1859, Thomas Learmonth made a donation towards building a church in the town:
Thomas Learmonth, Esq., of Ercildoun, with his usual liberality has contributed £20 towards the erection of a Church of England place of worship at Lake Learmonth.[4]
He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from March 1866 until September 1868.[5]
After many years of prosperity, the brothers disposed of their Buninyong property, and subsequently sold the Ercildoune estate to
Learmonth was for some time a member of the Upper House in Victoria, but left for England in 1868. He later lived at Parkhill House in
He died on 28 October 1903 at his Edinburgh house at 28 Northumberland Street.[7][8] He is buried with his siblings in Warriston Cemetery in north Edinburgh. The distinctive grave lies on the south wall of the main cemetery, backing onto the Water of Leith Walkway.
His grave notes that he was "a sinner saved".
Family
He married, firstly, in 1857, Louisa Maria Burer Valiant (d.1878), daughter of Major-General Sir Thomas Valiant; and, secondly, in 1879, Jane Florence Harriette Reid, daughter of
His uncle, John Learmonth, was Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
His grandson Tom Livingstone-Learmonth competed as hurdler at the 1928 Olympics.
References
- ^ "James Learmonth - Ancestry®".
- ^ "Shipping intelligence". The Tasmanian. 23 October 1835. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ Bride, Thomas (1898). Letters from Victorian Pioneers; Being a Series of Papers on the Early Occupation of the Colony, the Aborigines, Etc (First ed.). Melbourne: Government Printer. pp. 37–43.
- The Star. 15 November 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Thomas Learmonth". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Ercildoune". The Leader (Melbourne). 17 April 1875. p. 7. Retrieved 6 June 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1902
- ^ Grave of T L Learmonth
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1895). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry ... Harrison. p. 664. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
