Robert Lord (Australian politician)
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Robert Stuart Lord (1844 – 23 July 1878) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=13 December 2015}}{{Cite web |title=Lord, Robert Stuart |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Former-Members/Former-Members-Register/Former-Member-Details?id=270491726 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Former Member Details |publisher=Queensland Parliament |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803032248/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Former-Members/Former-Members-Register/Former-Member-Details?id=270491726 |url-status=live }}
Early life
Lord was born in 1844 in (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). His parents were Simeon Lord Jnr (1810-1892) and Sarah (née Birch). Lord's family had connections to Australia dating back to his grandfather Simeon Lord (c. 28 January 1771 – 29 January 1840), a transported convict. Lord was educated in England and came to Queensland in 1866.
Robert Lord married Louise, relict of the late J. Wickey Stable, Esq., solicitor, of Toowoomba, Queensland on the 3rd June 1871, at St. Jude's Randwick, N.S.W.{{cite news |date=14 June 1871 |title=Family Notices |volume=IV |page=3 |newspaper=Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette |issue=368 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168849976 |accessdate=6 November 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Politics
In 1870 he was appointed a magistrate of the territory in Ravenswood Queensland.{{cite news |date=14 November 1870 |title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. |volume=XXV |page=2 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=4,091 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1334293 |accessdate=6 November 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1871 he was appointed as one of the trustees of the Racecourse Reserve in Gympie.{{cite news |date=5 June 1871 |title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. |volume=XXV |page=3 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=4,266 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1296734 |accessdate=6 November 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Lord represented the electoral district of Gympie from 7 November 1873 to 9 March 1877.
Later life
Lord died on 23 July 1878 in Gympie.{{Cite book|title = A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929. 2nd revised edition.|last = Waterson|first = D. B.|publisher = Casket Publications|year = 2001|isbn = |location = Sydney|pages = }} His obituary appeared in the Hobart Mercury on 12 August 1878{{Cite news|title = DEATH OF MR. ROBERT S. LORD.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8966558|newspaper = The Mercury|date = 1878-08-12|access-date = 2016-02-08|pages = 2|archive-date = 3 August 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220803032300/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8966558|url-status = live}} as well as in many Queensland newspapers including The Queenslander.{{Cite news|title = Death of Mr. R. S. Lord.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19775168|newspaper = The Queenslander|date = 1878-07-27|access-date = 2016-02-08|pages = 519|archive-date = 3 August 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220803032257/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19775168|url-status = live}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Colony of Queensland people
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
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