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Preceded by
  
George Thorn

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Thomas Montmorency

Occupation
  
Grazier, Goldminer

Spouse(s)
  
Florence Claudia Moor


Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior

Succeeded by
  
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson

Full Name
  
Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior

Born
  
27 January 1848 Bromelton, Queensland (
1848-01-27
)

Relations
  
Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (father), Rosa Praed (sister)

Died
  
December 11, 1902, Maroon, Queensland, Australia

Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior (27 January 1848 – 11 December 1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Early life

He was born in Bromelton to politician Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior and Matilda Harpur. He attended school in Brisbane and Hobart, working as a pastoralist at Maroon before becoming a miner in the Palmer gold field.

He married Florence Claudia Moor on 18 March 1878 at Bowen. He inherited Maroon Station on his father's death in 1892, and also became vice-president of the Queensland Chamber of Agriculture.

Politics

He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern in March 1902, but he died in Brisbane in December of that year.

Later life

He died on 11 December 1902 at Maroon following a long internal illness; his death was not unexpected.

References

Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior Wikipedia