Roger Sheaffe | |
Constituency Am1: | Burke |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 14 November 1878 |
Term End1: | 5 October 1883 |
Predecessor1: | Patrick O'Sullivan |
Successor1: | Edward Palmer |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1838 |
Birth Place: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | Toowong Cemetery |
Birthname: | Roger Hale Sheaffe |
Nationality: | Australian |
Spouse: | Isobel Maria Robertson (m. 1874) |
Occupation: | Pastoralist |
Roger Hale Sheaffe (9 April 1838 – 1 December 1895) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Sheaffe was born at Wollongong, New South Wales, to William Sheaffe,[1] Captain in H.M. 50th Regiment,[2] and his wife Rosalie (née Earle)[1] and was educated at Wollongong Grammar School.
Sheaffe was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Burke in 1878 but did not stand for re-election in 1883.[3] He went on to be mayor of Sandgate in 1892.[1]
In 1874, Sheaffe married Isobel Maria Robertson in Wollongong and together had 3 sons and 1 daughter. Sheaffe died in Brisbane in 1895[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]