Bramston, John
Personal
Birth Date:
14 November 1832 (Roxwell, Essex)
Death Date:
13 September 1921 (Wimbledon)
Parents:
Thomas William Bramston and Eliza (nee Harvey)
Family:
Eliza Isabella Russell in December 1872
Education:
Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1854); Fellow of All Souls (SCL, 1855; BCL, 1856)
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Admitted to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1857; Arrived in Queensland in 1859, serving as Sir George Bowen's private secretary; resigned in 1861; Clerk to the Executive Council from December 1860 to April 1861; Received DCL in 1863 while practising as a barrister in Queensland; Accepted office as assistant boundary commissioner for Devon and Cornwall from 1867 to 1868; Appointed Attorney-General in Hong Kong from 1873 to 1876; Appointed Assistant Under-Secretary of State in Colonial Office from 1876 until retirement in 1897; Registrar of the Order of St Michael and St George from 1892
Military Service:
In 1860, Bramston was commissioned a captain in the Brisbane troop of the Queensland Mounted Rifles
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council | NONE | Legislative Council | 3 Jul 1863 | 17 Nov 1869 | |
| Assembly | NONE | Burnett | 3 Apr 1871 | 8 Dec 1873 | By-election |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Attorney-General | 3 May 1870 | 2 Jan 1874 |
| Attorney-General | 31 Aug 1865 | 11 Sep 1865 |
| Minister without portfolio | 3 Jul 1863 | 1 Feb 1866 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Committee member, Brisbane Hospital; Trustee, Brisbane Grammar School; Member of the Committee which formed the Queensland National Bank; Chairman, Queensland Insurance Co. Bramston served on special tasks, including a royal commisson on French treaty rights in Newfoundland in 1898 and a royal commission for a Paris Exhibition in 1900
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg:193213; Allan, A and Morrison, MA, `Some Lesser Members of the Queensland Parliament', Journal: Year-book of Proceedings, Vol. VI. No. 3, 1960-1961 (The Royal Historial Society of Queensland); Joyce, RB, `Bramston, Sir John (1832 - 1921)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, pp 219-220; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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