# Robert Aland

Robert Aland (24 DEC 1836 – 19 MAR 1904); born in Clapton, Middlesex, England; with Margaret Clegg; parent of 2 children; died in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 24 DEC 1836 – 19 MAR 1904

## Partners
- [Margaret Clegg](/p/margaret-clegg-49818.md)

## Children
- [Edwin Robert Aland](/p/edwin-robert-aland-10496.md)
- [Ernest Frank Aland](/p/ernest-frank-aland-49701.md)

## Timeline
- 24 DEC 1836 — **Born** at Clapton, Middlesex, England
- 1855 — **Immigrated** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Migrated from England to Sydney in 1853 and on to Brisbane in 1855, at the age of eighteen.
- FROM 1874 TO 1875 — **Mayor of Toowoomba** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Mayor of Toowoomba from 1874 to 1875, having been an alderman of the Toowoomba City Council in 1873, 1876 and 1877. During his mayoralty he pressed for a permanent water supply, and the supply scheme was carried out successfully for the first time in those years.
- FROM 1876 TO 1888 — **Occupation (Ironmonger)** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Established a successful ironmongery business at Toowoomba and Warwick in 1876, having worked his way up from a store clerk at Ipswich. He had arrived in Toowoomba in 1866.
- FROM 1879 TO 1904 — **Chairman, Toowoomba Hospital Committee** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Chairman of the Toowoomba Hospital Committee from 1879 until his death in 1904, serving on the hospital board for thirty years. He was also a trustee of the Toowoomba Cemetery, a committee member of Toowoomba Grammar School, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Queensland.
- FROM 14 JAN 1881 TO 6 MAY 1893 — **Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Drayton and Toowoomba, entering at a by-election after the death of the sitting junior member George Davenport and holding the seat for twelve years alongside W. H. Groom. He did not seek re-election in 1893.
- FROM 1886 TO 1901 — **Chairman of Directors, Toowoomba Foundry Company** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Held major shares in the Toowoomba Foundry Company and acted as its chairman of directors from 1886 to 1901.
- 1904 — **Buried** at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia — Interred at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, of which he had been a trustee. Hundreds attended the service, led by the Reverends J. G. Martin and Blamires.
- 19 MAR 1904 — **Died** at Warwick, Queensland, Australia
- **Religion (Wesleyan Methodist)** — A member and trustee of the Methodist Church in Toowoomba and a follower of John Wesley's theological system; the Queensland Parliament register records his religion as Wesleyan.

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