Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{for|his father|Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

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| name = Thomas Murray-Prior

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| image = Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior.jpg

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| 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

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| birthname = Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior

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| spouse = {{marriage|Florence Claudia Moor|1878}}

| occupation = Grazier, Goldminer

| relations = Rosa Praed (sister)

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| 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:1848 births

Category:1902 deaths

Category:Colony of Queensland people

Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Category:Australian miners

Category:19th-century Australian politicians