Daniel Foley Roberts

The Hon
Daniel Roberts
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
23 May 1860 – 26 July 1889
Personal details
Born Daniel Foley Roberts
(1824-02-19)19 February 1824
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died 26 July 1889(1889-07-26) (aged 65)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Toowong Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Spouse(s) Caroline May Cooper (m.1846 d.1886)
Occupation Solicitor

Daniel Foley Roberts M.L.C. (19 February 1834 – 26 July 1889), was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Roberts was born in Sydney, New South Wales where he was educated. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1849. He arrived in Brisbane in 1851 and began a practice there.[2]

Roberts narrowly lost the Queensland Legislative Assembly election for Fortitude Valley to Charles Lilley in 1860.[2] Roberts was one of the first members nominated to the Legislative Council of Queensland, and was Chairman of Committees of that body from its inception in May 1860 till his death on 26 July 1889.[3]

Roberts was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Death of the Hon. D.F. Roberts". The Queenslander. Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1889. p. 198. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Roberts, Hon. Daniel Foley". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  4. ↑ Roberts Daniel Foley — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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