Francis Amhurst
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Francis Amhurst
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Francis Tyssen Amhurst - Queensland Politician.png
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Bowen
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 26 May 1875
| term_end1 = 24 March 1877
| predecessor1 = Thomas FitzGerald
| successor1 = Henry Beor
| constituency_AM2 = Mackay
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
|term_start2 = 21 November 1878
|term_end2 = 3 January 1881
|predecessor2 = New seat
|successor2 = Maurice Black
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1842|9|27|df=y}}
|birth_place = Framlingham, Suffolk, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1881|1|3|1842|9|27|df=y}}
|death_place = Died at sea on board the SS Bokhara en route to England
|restingplace =
|birthname = Francis Tyssen Amhurst
|nationality = English Australian
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| known_for =
| occupation = Solicitor, Sugar Plantation owner
| relations =
| alma_mater = Christ Church, Oxford
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Francis Tyssen Amhurst (27 September 1842 – 3 January 1881) was a solicitor and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=801712743 |accessdate= 1 March 2015}}
Early life
Francis Amhurst was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, in 1842 to William Amhurst and his wife Mary (née Fountaine) . He attended Eton College and went on to Christ Church University, Oxford. He travelled overseas for two years after completing University and arrived in Queensland 1872. He set up buying various investments and by 1875 he was owner of Foulden Sugar Plantation in Mackay.
Politics
Death
References
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{{s-bef|before= Thomas FitzGerald}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for Bowen|years=1875–1877}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Mackay|years=1878–1881}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford