Thomas Cockburn-Campbell
Thomas Cockburn-Campbell | |
|---|---|
Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, c. 1891 | |
| 1st President of the Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| In office 29 December 1890 – 27 September 1892 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | George Shenton |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for Albany | |
| In office 23 September 1874 – 4 February 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Hassell |
| Succeeded by | Lancel de Hamel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1845 |
| Died | 27 September 1892 (aged 47) Parliament House, West Perth, Western Australia |
| Cause of death | Chlorodyne overdose |
| Resting place | East Perth Cemeteries |
| Spouse |
Lucy Anne Trimmer (m. 1870) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Merome Beard (great-great-granddaughter) |
| Profession | Tabloid editor, politician |
Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English-born journalist and politician in Australia.
Early life
Cockburn-Campbell left England for Queensland, Australia in 1864 where he worked with Augustus Gregory as a chainman and later with other surveyors. In the late 1860s he went to Western Australia and took up farming.
Music
Sir Thomas composed a waltz "The Fair Maid of Perth" (1890) dedicated to Miss Margaret Brockman (Mrs P.A.Hope), published in London.[1]
Family
Cockburn-Campbell is the great-great-grandfather of National Party MP Merome Beard.[2]
References
- ^ "Fair maid of Perth [music] : Waltz".
- ^ Law, Peter (17 October 2022). "Merome Beard: Descendant of pioneering politician and newspaper editor takes seat in Legislative Assembly". The West Australian. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Campbell, Thomas Cockburn". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- O. K. Battye, 'Cockburn-Campbell, Sir Thomas (1845 - 1892)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp 434–435