Richard Ash Kingsford

Richard Ash Kingsford
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1821 – 1902 80 years

Born 2 October 1821 in Canterbury, KentDied 2 January 1902 in Cairns, Queensland, aged 80

Bought the Hambledon sugar plantation from Thomas Swallow in 1890 and leased it to Swallow's sons, trading as Swallow Bros; the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. acquired it in 1897. The Queensland Parliament register instead dates his sugar planting to 1882. No place row exists for Hambledon, so the event carries no place.

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SS Sarah Southerden d. 1890 m. 2 October 1851 ED Emma Jane Dexter d. 1943 m. 31 August 1892

Children with Sarah Southerden

CK Catherine Mary Kingsford 1857–1938 EK Emily Jane Kingsford 1859–1862

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1820s
Born 2 October 1821

Canterbury, Kent, England
1850s
Married to Sarah Southerden 2 October 1851 aged 30

Kent, England
Immigrated 1852 aged 31

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Emigrated from England with his wife Sarah, arriving at Sydney in 1852; the couple moved on to Brisbane in 1854.

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Occupation (Draper) 1854 aged 33

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Partner from 1854 in a drapery business in Queen Street, Brisbane, with his brother John. Wikipedia places the partnership in the 1860s.

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Birth of daughter Catherine Mary Kingsford 5 May 1857 aged 35

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birth of daughter Emily Jane Kingsford 1859 aged 38

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1860s
Death of daughter Emily Jane Kingsford 1862 aged 41

Ashford, Kent, Englandaged 3
1870s
Alderman, Brisbane Municipal Council 1875–1876 aged 54

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1875 to 1876, sitting on the Finance Committee in 1875 and the Improvement Committee in 1876.

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Member for South Brisbane, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 26 May 1875 to 21 August 1883 aged 53

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane from 26 May 1875 to 21 August 1883. He won the seat, vacated by Thomas Blacket Stephens, by a large majority against the attorney-general Ratcliffe Pring, and lost it at the 1883 election as a supporter of Thomas McIlwraith. The register records no party affiliation for him.

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Mayor of Brisbane 1876 aged 55

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Elected mayor in 1876 while serving as an alderman. The Australian Dictionary of Biography and Wikipedia give the office as mayor of Brisbane; the Queensland Parliament register records it as 'Mayor of South Brisbane, 1876'.

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Occupation (Poultry farmer) c. 1878 aged 57

Tingalpa, Queensland, Australia

Ran a poultry farm at the Springs, Tingalpa, east of Brisbane, from about 1878. The venture was unsuccessful and he left for Cairns.

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1880s
Occupation (Fruit grower) c. 1883 aged 62

From about 1883 grew fruit on land he selected near Kuranda, inland from Cairns, having bought property in the town itself. No place row exists for Kuranda, so the event carries no place.

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Chairman, Cairns Divisional Board 1884 aged 63

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Elected chairman of the Cairns Divisional Board in 1884, the year after moving north to Cairns.

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Mayor of Cairns 1885–1886 aged 64

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Cairns was proclaimed a municipality on 28 May 1885 and at the first meeting of its council on 22 July 1885 Kingsford was unanimously elected mayor by his fellow aldermen, making him the town's first mayor. He was re-elected for a further term.

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President, Cairns School of Arts 1885 aged 64

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Became president of the Cairns School of Arts in 1885. A keen reader, he was central to establishing the town's first library.

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Candidate for Cairns, Queensland Legislative Assembly 1888 aged 67

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Stood in 1888 for the new Legislative Assembly seat of Cairns, still an adherent of Thomas McIlwraith, and was defeated after a bitter and costly contest by Frederick Thomas Wimble, founder and editor of the Cairns Post, who stood as a follower of Samuel Griffith. He did not sit in parliament again.

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1890s
Occupation (Sugar planter) 1890–1897 aged 69

Bought the Hambledon sugar plantation from Thomas Swallow in 1890 and leased it to Swallow's sons, trading as Swallow Bros; the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. acquired it in 1897. The Queensland Parliament register instead dates his sugar planting to 1882. No place row exists for Hambledon, so the event carries no place.

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Death of wife Sarah Southerden 13 September 1890 aged 68

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Married to Emma Jane Dexter 31 August 1892 aged 70

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Undated
Justice of the Peace

Queensland, Australia

Senior justice of the peace for North Queensland, and for some years a member of the Licensing Board. Neither source gives dates.

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Baptist lay preacher

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

A Baptist and a lay preacher, and one of the founders of the Wharf Street Baptist Church in Brisbane, now the Baptist City Tabernacle. Preaching while assisting his brother John made him a fluent public speaker, which served him in parliament.

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1900s
Died 2 January 1902 aged 80

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Undated
Buried

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Buried in the old McLeod Street pioneer cemetery at Cairns.

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