# Boyd Dunlop Morehead

Boyd Dunlop Morehead (24 AUG 1843 – 30 OCT 1905); child of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead; born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 24 AUG 1843 – 30 OCT 1905

## Parents
- [Robert Archibald Alison Morehead](/p/robert-archibald-alison-morehead-70852.md) (father)

## Timeline
- 24 AUG 1843 — **Born** at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1860 — **Education (Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney)** at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — Educated at Cape's school in Scotland for eighteen months and at Sydney Grammar School. He matriculated at the University of Sydney in 1860 but left after two terms.
- FROM 1862 TO 1864 — **Occupation (Bank clerk, Bank of New South Wales)** — After trying various gold and sapphire diggings he joined the Bank of New South Wales as a clerk in 1862, and was dismissed for insubordination in 1864.
- FROM 1866 TO 1881 — **Occupation (Station manager, Bowen Downs)** at Queensland, Australia — Manager of the Scottish Australian Investment Co.'s Bowen Downs station in central Queensland, often also acting as an inspector of the company's other stations. In 1870 a thousand cattle were stolen from Bowen Downs and driven to South Australia; Morehead went to Adelaide to recover them and to trace the thieves, who were later indicted in Queensland without success.
- FROM 4 SEP 1871 TO 30 DEC 1880 — **Member for Mitchell, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Queensland, Australia — Elected for the Mitchell electorate at the 1871 Queensland colonial election and held the seat through the 1873 and 1878 elections, resigning on 30 December 1880 to take a seat in the Legislative Council.
- FROM 1873 — **Occupation (Merchant and stock and station agent, B. D. Morehead & Co.)** at Queensland, Australia — With A. B. Buchanan he founded B. D. Morehead & Co. in 1873. The firm had two branches, a mercantile and trading business and a stock and station agency. By 1877 he had thirteen stations in the Mitchell District.
- FROM DEC 1880 TO 3 AUG 1883 — **Postmaster-General of Queensland** at Queensland, Australia — Postmaster-General in the first Thomas McIlwraith government, and the government's representative in the Legislative Council, until he resigned from the council on 3 August 1883.
- FROM 31 DEC 1880 TO 3 AUG 1883 — **Member of the Queensland Legislative Council** at Queensland, Australia — First term in the Queensland Legislative Council, which he entered on resigning the Legislative Assembly seat of Mitchell and left by resignation on 3 August 1883.
- FROM 5 OCT 1883 TO APR 1896 — **Member for Balonne, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Queensland, Australia — Re-elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Balonne electorate on 5 October 1883 and held the seat until April 1896.
- FROM JUN 1888 TO AUG 1890 — **Colonial Secretary of Queensland** at Queensland, Australia — Colonial secretary from June to November 1888 under Thomas McIlwraith, and again from November 1888 to August 1890 while premier and chief secretary.
- FROM 30 NOV 1888 TO 12 AUG 1890 — **Premier of Queensland** at Queensland, Australia — Succeeded Thomas McIlwraith as Premier of Queensland on 30 November 1888, holding the offices of premier, chief secretary and colonial secretary. He resigned on 12 August 1890.
- FROM 10 JUN 1896 TO 30 OCT 1905 — **Member of the Queensland Legislative Council** at Queensland, Australia — Re-appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 10 June 1896 and served until his death in 1905.
- 1901 — **Member, Royal Commission on Liquor Laws** at Queensland, Australia — Served on the royal commission on liquor laws in 1901.
- 1905 — **Buried (Toowong Cemetery)** at Toowong, Queensland, Australia — Buried at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane. His funeral proceeded from Valmore, the Wooloowin home of his son-in-law Orme Darvall, to the cemetery. He had died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 30 October 1905 at a private hospital in Gregory Terrace, Brisbane.
- 30 OCT 1905 — **Died** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **Occupation (Director, Queensland National Bank)** at Queensland, Australia — A director of the Queensland National Bank for some years. He invested heavily in share stock which long remained valueless owing to calls on liabilities, and suffered financial disaster in the 1893 crisis.

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