Thomas Cockburn-Campbell

Thomas Cockburn-Campbell
Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, c. 1891
1st President of the Western Australian Legislative Council
In office
29 December 1890 – 27 September 1892
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byGeorge Shenton
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for Albany
In office
23 September 1874 – 4 February 1889
Preceded byAlbert Hassell
Succeeded byLancel de Hamel
Personal details
Born18 April 1845
Exeter, England, UK
Died27 September 1892(1892-09-27) (aged 47)
Parliament House, West Perth, Western Australia
Cause of deathChlorodyne overdose
Resting placeEast Perth Cemeteries
Spouse
Lucy Anne Trimmer
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(m. 1870)​
Children4
RelativesMerome Beard (great-great-granddaughter)
ProfessionTabloid editor, politician

Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English-born Australian journalist and politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council and the first president of the Legislative Council after the colony achieved responsible government.

Early life

Cockburn-Campbell was born in Exeter in 1845.[1] He was the second son of Sir Alexander Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, the second baronet of Gartsford, and his wife Grace (née Spence).[1][2]

Career

Cockburn-Campbell left England for Queensland, Australia in 1864[1] where he worked with Augustus Gregory as a chain man and later with other surveyors.[2] In the late 1860s, he went to Western Australia[2] and took up farming.

In 1871, after his brother died, Cockburn-Campbell succeeded him as the fourth baronet.[1][3]

In 1871, he was appointed a member of the colony's Legislative Council.[1][2]

In 1890, he went to London as a delegate to ensure the passage of the Western Australian Constitution Bill conferring Western Australia with responsible government.[1] After the passage of the bill, the Legislative Council became the upper house of Parliament and Cockburn-Campbell became the new council's first president.[1]

Cockburn-Campbell also served as editor of The West Australian newspaper[1] from 1879-1887.[2]

Personal life and death

Cockburn-Campbell married Lucy Anne Trimmer in 1870.[1][2][3] He died in Perth on 28 September 1892 and was survived by two sons[3] and four daughters.[1] His eldest son, Alexander, became the fifth baronet.[2]

Cockburn-Campbell's great-great-granddaughter is the Western Australian MP, Merome Beard.[4]

Music

Cockburn-Campbell composed a waltz "The Fair Maid of Perth" (1890) dedicated to Miss Margaret Brockman (Mrs P. A. Hope), published in London.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Serle, Percival (1949). "Campbell, Sir Thomas Cockburn (1845-1892), Politician". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Angus and Robertson.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Obituary Notice: The Late Sir Thomas Cockburn Campbell". The West Australian. Perth. 29 September 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Death of Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell". The Australasian. Melbourne. 1 October 1892. p. 26. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Law, Peter (17 October 2022). "Merome Beard: Descendant of pioneering politician and newspaper editor takes seat in Legislative Assembly". The West Australian. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Fair maid of Perth [music] : Waltz".

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