Henry Braddon
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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| name = Sir Henry Braddon
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| image = Henry Yule Braddon (1863-1955) in 1918.jpg
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| caption = Braddon in 1918
| birth_name = Henry Yule Braddon
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|4|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Calcutta, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|09|08|1863|04|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
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| weight =
| ru_position = Fullback, wing
| amatyears1 = 1882–84
| amatteam1 = Invercargill
| repteam1 = New Zealand
| repyears1 = 1884
| repcaps1 = 7 (0 tests)
| reppoints1 = 0
| province1 = Otago
| province2 = New South Wales
| provinceyears1 = 1883–84
| provinceyears2 = 1888–92
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| children =
| relatives = Edward Braddon (father)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (aunt)
| school = Dulwich College
Launceston Church Grammar School
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}}
Sir Henry Yule Braddon {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KBE|size=85%}} (27 April 1863 – 8 September 1955) was an Australian diplomat, businessman and rugby union player who played for Otago, New South Wales and New Zealand. The position he generally played in was fullback. He is listed as the second All Black in playing order.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=81 |title = Henry Braddon | last = Luxford | first = Bob | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 16 September 2014}}
Early life
He was born on 27 April 1863 in Calcutta, India to Alice Smith and (Sir) Edward Braddon, later Premier of Tasmania (1894–1899). He was educated in Germany, France and Dulwich College, England, before his family emigrated to Australia in 1878, where he completed his education at Church of England Grammar School, Launceston. On leaving school he worked for the Commercial Bank of Tasmania.
Rugby
He moved to Invercargill in 1882 on transfer with the Bank of Australasia. He played his club rugby for Invercargill Rugby Club but his provincial rugby for Otago as the Invercargill-centred Southland Rugby Football Union did not split away from Otago until 1887. He was selected for the first New Zealand international team, and played in seven of the eight games in Australia in 1884 and is recognised as an Otago's first All Black despite playing in Invercargill at the time of his selection. Braddon later played for New South Wales from 1888 until 1892.
Career
Braddon had a commercial and political career in Australia, working for Dalgetys and representing Australia as Commonwealth Commissioner in the United States. He was appointed a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1917 and was an indirectly-elected member of that body from 1934 to 1940.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1121 |name=Sir Henry Yule Braddon, KBE (1863–1955) |former=Yes |access-date=27 June 2020}}{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=braddon-sir-henry-yule-143 |title=Braddon, Sir Henry Yule (1863–1955) |year=1979 |accessdate=16 September 2014}} He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920,{{London Gazette |issue=32090 |date=19 October 1920 |page=10095 }} and died in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra in 1955.
Legacy
Following the death of Henry Roberts in 1949, Braddon was the oldest living All Black.
References
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External links
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- {{cite web| url = http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/braddon-sir-henry-yule-143 | title = Braddon, Sir Henry Yule (1863–1955) | publisher = Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University | accessdate = 29 July 2015}}
- {{cite news| url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/10467389/A-look-at-rugbys-first-knight | title = A look at rugby's first knight | last = McConnell | first = Lynn | work = The Southland Times| date = 12 September 2014 | accessdate = 29 July 2015}}
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