# George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 MAY 1826 – 22 JAN 1876); child of Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone; born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in Hastings, Sussex, England.

**Lifespan:** 6 MAY 1826 – 22 JAN 1876

## Parents
- [Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone](/p/robert-dalrymple-horn-elphinstone-69220.md) (father)

## Timeline
- 6 MAY 1826 — **Born** at Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- FROM 1860 TO 1863 — **Commissioner for Crown Lands, Kennedy District** at 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 The post was given in compensation after the new Queensland government rescinded his syndicate's claims to runs in the Kennedy district.
- 11 APR 1861 — **Founding of Bowen** at 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.
- FROM 18 MAR 1865 TO 19 JUL 1867 — **Member for Kennedy, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at 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.
- FROM 21 JUL 1866 TO 7 AUG 1866 — **Colonial Secretary of Queensland** at 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.
- NOV 1867 — **Title (FRGS)** — Elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
- OCT 1871 — **Assistant Gold Commissioner, Gilbert Goldfields** — 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.
- FROM 29 SEP 1873 TO 22 DEC 1873 — **Queensland North East Coast Expedition** — 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.
- 1874 — **Government Resident, Somerset** — 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.
- 22 JAN 1876 — **Died** at Hastings, Sussex, England
- **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.
- **Buried** at Hastings, Sussex, England — Buried in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex, after his death at St Leonards-on-Sea.

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