Thomas Murray-Prior | |
Constituency Am1: | Fassifern |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 11 March 1902 |
Term End1: | 11 December 1902 |
Predecessor1: | George Thorn |
Successor1: | Charles Moffatt Jenkinson |
Birth Date: | 27 January 1848 |
Birth Place: | Bromelton, Colony of New South Wales |
Death Place: | Maroon, Queensland |
Birthname: | Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior |
Occupation: | Grazier, Goldminer |
Relations: | Rosa Praed (sister) |
Parents: | Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (father) |
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.
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 goldfield.
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.
He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern in March 1902,[1] but he died in Brisbane in December of that year.
He died on 11 December 1902 at Maroon[2] following a long internal illness; his death was not unexpected.[3] [4]