Frederick Thomas Brentnall
{{Short description|Australian businessman and politician}}
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| name = Frederick Brentnall
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| office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
| term_start1 = 17 April 1886
| term_end1 = 23 March 1922
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1834|6|17}}
| birth_place = Riddings, Derbyshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1925|1|11|1834|6|17}}
| death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = Balmoral Cemetery
| birthname = Frederick Thomas Brentnall
| nationality = English Australian
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| spouse = Elizabeth Watson (m.1867 d.1909)
| occupation = Company chairman
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Hon. Frederick Thomas Brentnall (17 June 1834 – 11 January 1925)
{{Australian Dictionary of Biography
|first=Ronald |last=Lawson
|title=Brentnall, Frederick Thomas (1834–1925)
|id2=brentnall-frederick-thomas-3050
|accessdate=15 November 2013
}} was a Wesleyan preacher in New South Wales and a journalist, businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Early life
Brentnall was born at Riddings, Derbyshire and educated at Alfreton.
Religious life
Brentnall was sent by the British Wesleyan Conference to New South Wales in 1863, along with Charles Stead, Richard Sellors, W. E. Bourne, and Manning, to join the ranks of the Wesleyan Methodist ministry in the colony.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155428052 |title=A Veteran Promoted |newspaper=The Methodist |volume=XXV |issue=24 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 June 1916 |accessdate=17 April 2025 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} An affection of the throat, however, necessitated his resignation about 1883.
Business life
Brentnall then bought an interest in the Brisbane Telegraph, and joined the literary staff, becoming Chairman of the Company upon the retirement of the Hon. James Cowlishaw in Oct. 1885. Brentnall was a director of several companies, including the Queensland Deposit Bank and Building Society, and the Queensland General Insurance Company, Ltd.
Politics
Brentnall was appointed a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 17 April 1886.{{cite Australasia|Brentnall, Hon. Frederick Thomas}} Although a lifetime appointment, he held it until the abolition of the Council on 23 March 1922.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}
Brentnall was also a member of the Coorparoo Shire Council and served as its chairman in 1888 and 1889.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177081402 |title=Brisbane and Environs. |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) |location=Brisbane, Qld. |date=6 October 1925 |access-date=24 January 2016 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Later life
Brentnall died in Brisbane in 1925 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery.[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=163 Brentnall Frederick Thomas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217101147/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=163 |date=17 February 2015 }} – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 17 February 2015. He was survived by two daughters: Flora (Mrs E. B. Harris) and Charlotte Amelia Brentnall.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180685065|title=Ninetieth Birthday - Hon. F. T. Brentnall Varied and Useful Career - The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) - 17 Jun 1924|newspaper=Telegraph|date=17 June 1924 |access-date=2016-10-27}} His daughter, Flora Harris would help convene the Women's War Memorial Committee in Brisbane, which was instrumental in fundraising to establish a fountain in Anzac Square, following WWI.{{Cite journal|last=McKay|first=Judith|date=2014|title=A WOMEN'S TRIBUTE TO WAR|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:341137/ff9_1_2014_p7_9.pdf|journal=Fryer Folios|pages=7–9}} This fountain which sits alongside the carved panel carved by Daphne Mayo, honoured the men who fell during WWI.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council