Herbert, Robert George Wyndham
Personal
Birth Date:
12 June 1831 (Brighton, Sussex)
Death Date:
6 May 1905 (Ickleton, Cambridgeshire)
Parents:
Algernon Herbert and Marianne (nee Lempriere)
Education:
Privately tutored at Eton from 1944 to 1849; Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1854; BCL, 1856; DCL, 1862)
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Served as William Gladstone's private secretary from 1 January 1855; Admitted to the Bar of the Inner Temple on 30 April 1858; Recommended as Governor George Bowen's private secretary in 1859
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | NONE | Leichhardt | 4 May 1860 | 13 Jun 1863 | |
| Assembly | NONE | West Moreton | 13 Jun 1863 | 7 Aug 1866 |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Premier and minister without office | 20 Jul 1866 | 7 Aug 1866 |
| Acting Colonial Treasurer | 3 Oct 1864 | 21 Dec 1864 |
| Prermier and Colonial Secretary | 22 May 1860 | 1 May 1866 |
| Colonial Secretary | 10 Dec 1859 | 22 May 1860 |
Additional Information
Notes:
As Premier, he introduced state controlled education, ending state aid to religious schools; He sought to extend Queensland's trade to Asian markets and to introduce `Malays and other black labour' to work on the cotton or sugar cane plantations; His main aims were to extend settlement, especially on the north coast, encourage immigration, diversify the economy, and establish a firm basis for stable government
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 15693 ; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Factsheet 7.2, 'First Premier of Queensland', Everyone's Parliament, www.parliament.qld.gov.au; Knox, BA, 'Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham (1831 - 1905)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 382-385
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 26 July 2017]