George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple
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1826 – 1876

Born6 May 1826 in Aberdeenshire, ScotlandDied22 January 1876 in Hastings, Sussex, England, aged 49

Owned a coffee plantation in the Central Province of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from the mid-1840s, before emigrating to Australia.

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RD Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone 1766–1848 father

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1820s
Born 6 May 1826

Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1840s
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Death of father Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone 11 October 1848

Scotlandaged 82
1860s
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Commissioner for Crown Lands, Kennedy District 1860–1863

Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Officer-in-charge and Commissioner for Crown Lands at Port Denison, the port that became Bowen. The post was given in compensation after the new Queensland government rescinded his syndicate's claims to runs in the Kennedy district.

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Founding of Bowen 11 April 1861

Bowen, Queensland, Australia

As officer in charge of the proposed settlement he planned the expedition that established the township at Port Denison and led its overland section. The town, later named Bowen, was proclaimed on 11 April 1861.

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Member for Kennedy, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 18 March 1865 to 19 July 1867

Queensland, Australia

First member for the Kennedy district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He did not contest the seat again in 1867 and returned to Britain for his health.

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Colonial Secretary of Queensland from 21 July 1866 to 7 August 1866

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the office of Colonial Secretary in Robert Herbert's ministry for about three weeks in 1866. It was the only ministerial office he held.

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Title (FRGS) November 1867

Elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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1870s
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Assistant Gold Commissioner, Gilbert Goldfields October 1871

Appointed assistant gold commissioner on the Gilbert goldfields in north Queensland in October 1871, after his Oxford Downs venture failed and he was declared insolvent. No place row exists in the tree for Gilberton.

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Queensland North East Coast Expedition from 29 September 1873 to 22 December 1873

Led the Queensland government expedition sent to report on the uncolonised coastal country north of Cardwell and assess its potential for sugar production. The party sailed from an anchorage near Cardwell on 29 September 1873 and returned there on 22 December 1873. No placeId is attached: the tree has no row for Cardwell, Queensland.

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Government Resident, Somerset 1874

Police magistrate and resident in charge of the government settlement at Somerset on Cape York in 1874. He was incapacitated by fever and a stroke soon after arriving and was taken south by mail steamer. No placeId is attached: the tree's 'Somerset, Queensland, Australia' row carries Tasmanian coordinates.

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Occupation (Coffee Planter)

Owned a coffee plantation in the Central Province of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from the mid-1840s, before emigrating to Australia.

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1870s
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Died 22 January 1876

Hastings, Sussex, England
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Buried

Hastings, Sussex, England

Buried in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex, after his death at St Leonards-on-Sea.

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