Ambrose Kyte

Ambrose Kyte
Ambrose Kyte
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
	In office; January 1867 – December 1867
Preceded by	Archibald Wardrop
Succeeded by	James Harcourt
Constituency	Richmond
	In office; August 1861 – December 1865
Preceded by	Graham Berry
Succeeded by	Edward Langton
Constituency	East Melbourne
Personal details
Born	c. 1822; Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	16 November 1868 (aged 45–46); Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Sarah Ann Finnin (m. 1842)

Ambrose Henry Spencer Kyte (c. 1822 – 16 November 1868) was a merchant and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).[1]

Kyte was born in Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Stephen Kyte and his wife Margaret, née Mitchell.[2]

Kyte arrived in Melbourne in January 1840, finding work as a brewer's labourer.[2] Kyte opened a hay and corn store in Bourke Street, Melbourne in 1845, later he expanded into general merchandise and invested in urban properties.[2]

In September 1858 Kyte offered a sum of £1000 towards the expenses of an exploring expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north. This led to the despatch of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition in August 1860.[3]

In August 1861[1] Kyte stood for East Melbourne as a candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and defeated Edward Langton,[1] who in February 1866 defeated him in a contest for the same constituency.[3] Kyte represented Richmond from January 1867 to December 1867.[1]

In April 1866, he donated £10 for poor relief in Nenagh, which led the town commissioners to unanimously pass a resolution thanking him.[4]

Kyte died in Carlton, Victoria on 16 November 1868, survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.[2]

References

"Kyte, Ambrose Henry Spencer". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
Browne, Geoff. "Kyte, Ambrose Henry Spencer (1822–1868)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
Mennell, Philip (1892). "King, Hon. John Charles" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
"The Kyte Charity". Nenagh Guardian. 18 April 1866. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Dr Calahan said it was a privilege of his to propose a vote of thanks to Mr Kyte for having sent £10 for the relief of the poor of this town. Although, personally, they could not express their thanks to him, he being in a distant clime, still that the vote of thanks would reach him through the medium of the Press.

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[parl-1] "Kyte, Ambrose Henry Spencer". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.

[adb-2] Browne, Geoff. "Kyte, Ambrose Henry Spencer (1822–1868)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[Mennell-3] Mennell, Philip (1892). "King, Hon. John Charles" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

[nenagh-4] "The Kyte Charity". Nenagh Guardian. 18 April 1866. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Dr Calahan said it was a privilege of his to propose a vote of thanks to Mr Kyte for having sent £10 for the relief of the poor of this town. Although, personally, they could not express their thanks to him, he being in a distant clime, still that the vote of thanks would reach him through the medium of the Press.