William Henry Yaldwyn
{{Short description|Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Queensland Legislative Council}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
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|name = William Yaldwyn
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|image = William Henry Yaldwyn - Queensland Politician.png
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| office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
| term_start1 = 1 May 1860
| term_end1 = 13 June 1863
| term_start2 = 1 May 1865
| term_end2 = 28 September 1866
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1800|9|6|df=y}}
|birth_place = Lodsworth, Sussex, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1866|9|28|1800|9|6|df=y}}
|death_place = Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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|birthname = William Henry Yaldwyn
|nationality = English Australian
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|spouse = Henrietta Mary Bowles (m.1831)
| known_for =
| occupation = Pastoralist
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William Henry Yaldwyn (6 September 1801 - 28 September 1866) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=557126073|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144038/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=557126073|url-status=live}}
Early life
Yaldwyn was born at Blackdown House in Lodsworth, Sussex, England on 6 September 1801 to Richard Yaldwyn and his wife Martha (née Serle; he was privately educated on the family estate.{{Citation|author1=Randell|first=John Ormond|title=Yaldwyn of the golden spurs : the life of William Henry Yaldwyn 1801-1866, Sussex squire - Australian squatter - member of Legislative Council of Queensland|year=1980|page=7|publication-date=1980|publisher=Mast Gully Press|isbn=978-0-908218-02-8}}
In 1831, he had married Henrietta Mary Bowles in Cuckfield, Sussex. They were to have three children including William Yaldwyn Jr., who also went on to be appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council.{{cite news|date=1 October 1866|title=Family Notices|volume=LIV|page=1|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|issue=8848|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13145642|accessdate=28 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928014548/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13145642|url-status=live}}
Yaldwyn travelled to Australia on 5 May 1836 from Gravesend to Sydney on the William Glen Anderson. His wife Henrietta, their two children William (Willy) and Henrietta (Dally) with Caroline Bowles his sister-in-law accompanied him. After a short stay in Sydney the family travelled to Yass where Yaldwyn purchased {{Convert|2,695|acres||abbr=}} of land freehold from the Government of New South Wales. William and Henrietta had their third child in Yass called Burton born on 19 September 1837.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
Yaldwyn sent trusted friend John Coppock (1795-1865) to Port Phillip to source a station there and in about September 1838 the Yaldwyn family occupied the station called "Barfold" near Kyneton. The stay at "Barfold" was brief and in 1839 they sold "Barfold" and moved to Melbourne. Yaldwyn was included on the first roll of magistrates by Captain William Lonsdale. Yaldwyn was one of the first subscribers to the Melbourne Club and ran two horses at the first race meeting at Flemington Racecourse as well as attending as a steward. He purchased several blocks of land at Brunswick, Prahran, Kalkallo and Collins Street. Property values fell rapidly and William Yaldwyn was forced to sell.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
He made several sea trips to Australia before settling in Queensland.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
Politics
Later life
Yaldwyn died on 28 September 1866 at Edgecliff House, Double Bay in Sydney and was buried at St Judes Churchyard, Randwick, Sydney. File:Yew tree in St Laurence's Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 416493.jpg
References
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= Sources =
- {{Cite book|last=Randell, John Ormond|title=Yaldwyn of the Golden Spurs : the life of William Henry Yaldwyn, 1801-1866, Sussex squire - Australian squatter - Member of Legislative Council of Queensland|date=1980|publisher=Mast Gully Press|isbn=0-908218-02-8|location=Melbourne|oclc=11907714}}
- Alexander Mollison Fullerton "An Overlanding Diary" Edited with notes by J.O.Randell published by Melbourne Mast Gully Press 1980.
External links
- {{cite news|date=9 October 1866|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|volume=VI|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=680|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123334856|accessdate=28 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} — an obituary
- {{Cite web|last=Marsden|first=Anne|date=August 2011|title=William Henry Yaldwyn 1801–1866|url=http://mahistory.org.au/images/Website/pdf/earlyyears/firstcommittee_yaldwyn.pdf|access-date=28 September 2020|website=Melbourne Athenaeum Archives}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council