William Hobbs (politician)

Dr William Hobbs (1822 – 8 December 1890)[1] was a doctor and politician in colonial Queensland.[2]

Dr William Hobbs
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
26 April 1861  18 October 1880
Personal details
Born
William Hobbs

1822
Middlesex, England
Died1890 (aged 6768)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityEnglish Australian
SpouseAnna Louisa Barton (d.1853 d.1914)
RelationsEdmund Barton (brother-in-law)
OccupationSurgeon

Hobbs was born in London, England,[1] and was one of the earliest colonists of Queensland, practised as a doctor in Brisbane, and was for a considerable period the Government medical officer.[2][3] Accompanied by his aged mother, he arrived at Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 as surgeon of the Chaseley, the second of John Dunmore Lang's migrant ships. After a brief period at Drayton on the Darling Downs, he commenced practice in Brisbane in September.[1]

He was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council and was a member of the first responsible government, without portfolio, under the premiership of Robert Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, from April 1861 to January 1862.[2] Mr. Hobbs married Anna Louisa Barton, sister of Edmund Barton, of Sydney. He died in Brisbane on 8 December 1890[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. Powell, Owen. "Hobbs, William (1822–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Hobbs, William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co via Wikisource.
  3. Richardson, Holly; Gordon, Sharon (22 December 2018). "How grave robbing solved a murder and birthed forensic medicine in Queensland". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. Hobbs William Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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