Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{for|his father|Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Thomas Murray-Prior
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| image = Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior.jpg
| caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Fassifern
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 11 March 1902
| term_end1 = 11 December 1902
| predecessor1 = George Thorn
| successor1 = Charles Moffatt Jenkinson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bromelton, Colony of New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1902|12|11|1848|1|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Maroon, Queensland
| restingplace =
| birthname = Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior
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| party =
| spouse = {{marriage|Florence Claudia Moor|1878}}
| occupation = Grazier, Goldminer
| relations = Rosa Praed (sister)
| religion =
| parents = Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (father)
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Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior (27 January 1848 – 11 December 1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
He was born in Bromelton to politician Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior and Matilda Harpur. He attended school in Brisbane and Hobart, working as a pastoralist at Maroon before becoming a miner in the Palmer goldfield.
He married Florence Claudia Moor on 18 March 1878 at Bowen. He inherited Maroon Station on his father's death in 1892, and also became vice-president of the Queensland Chamber of Agriculture.
Politics
He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern in March 1902,{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3115468575|accessdate= 21 February 2015}} but he died in Brisbane in December of that year.
Later life
He died on 11 December 1902 at Maroon{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19181670 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=15 December 1902 |accessdate=21 February 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} following a long internal illness; his death was not unexpected.{{cite book|title=A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929|last=Waterson|first=D.B.|publisher=Australian National University Press|date=1972|isbn=0708108164}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124136614 |title=DEATH OF MR. T. DE M. MURRAY-PRIOR, M.L.A. |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser |date=13 December 1902 |accessdate=14 February 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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Category:Colony of Queensland people