O'Connell, Maurice Charles
Personal
Birth Date:
13 January 1812 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Death Date:
23 March 1879 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Sir Maurice O'Connell and Mary Putland (nee Bligh)
Family:
Eliza Emiline Le Geyt in Jersey, Channel Islands on 23 July 1835
Education:
Dr Pinckney's Academy, East Sheen; High schools in Edinburgh and Dublin; Charlemagne Military College, Paris
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Established as a horse breeder in Sydney, 1842; Appointed Commissioner for Crown Lands in the Burnett, Queensland, 1848; Appointed government resident at Port Curtis, 1854 to 1858; Acquired squatting properties and developed small copper mine, Gladstone; Appointed commander of the volunteers, 1860
Military Service:
Appointed as ensign to the 73rd Regiment to serve in Gibraltar and Malta, 1828; Appointed assistant to the commanding officer, Jersey, 1831 to 1835; Led 10th Munster Light Infantry of British Legion in Spain; Purchased captaincy in the 51st and 28th regiments; Appointed assistant military secretary to his father in 1838
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Council | NONE | Legislative Council | 1 May 1860 | 23 Mar 1879 | Died in office |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
President of the Legislative Council of Queensland | 27 Aug 1860 | 23 Mar 1879 |
Minister without office | 21 May 1860 | 28 Aug 1860 |
Additional Information
Notes:
He was invested by Spain with the Order of Knight Commander of Isabella the Catholic, Knight of the Second Class of San Fernando and Knight Extraordinary of Charles III of Spain; President, Queensland Turf Club from 1865 to 1875; Vice president, National Association
Sources:
Image courtesy of State Library of New South Wales, Ref Code: 154481; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); The Week, 2 June 1877; Gibbney, HJ, 'O'Connell, Sir Maurice Charles (1812 - 1879)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 350-351
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