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Nationality
  
Australian

Role
  
Solicitor

Name
  
Daniel Roberts


Religion
  
Church of England

Occupation
  
Solicitor

Resting place
  
Toowong Cemetery

Daniel Foley Roberts

Full Name
  
Daniel Foley Roberts

Born
  
19 February 1824 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (
1824-02-19
)

Spouse(s)
  
Caroline May Cooper (m.1846 d.1886)

Died
  
July 26, 1889, Brisbane, Australia

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

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.

Roberts narrowly lost the Queensland Legislative Assembly election for Fortitude Valley to Charles Lilley in 1860. 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.

Roberts was buried in Toowong Cemetery.

References

Daniel Foley Roberts Wikipedia