Thomas Moffatt

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The Hon
Thomas de Lacy Moffatt
2nd Treasurer of Queensland
In office
4 Aug 1862 – 2 Oct 1864
Preceded byRobert Mackenzie
Succeeded byJoshua Bell
ConstituencyWestern Downs
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Western Downs
In office
27 April 1860 – 2 October 1864
Serving with James Taylor
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJohn Watts
Personal details
Born(1824-04-17)17 April 1824
Athlone, Ireland
Died2 October 1864(1864-10-02) (aged 40)
Ipswich, Queensland
SpouseMary Isabella Bell
OccupationGrazier, Squatter

Thomas de Lacy Moffatt (17 April 1824 – 2 October 1864),[1] was a politician in colonial Queensland, and a Treasurer of Queensland.[2] His surname is also sometimes spelled "Moffat".

Early life

Moffatt was born in 1824 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, the son of James Moffatt, the rector of Athlone, and his wife Elizabeth née Kellett.[3] He set out for Australia in 1844 and worked with his uncle, Captain R. G. Moffatt, a former magistrate and commander of the military police in Port Stephens[4] who by that time had turned his attention to agriculture and sheep farming.[5] He later moved north and became a squatter, establishing a station called "Callandoon" on the Darling Downs. He sold the station in 1849 and moved to the town of Drayton.[2] In 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Moffat to Russell H. Stuart.[6]

Political career

Moffatt was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 27 April 1860 for the district of Western Downs.[2] Moffatt became Colonial Treasurer in the first Robert Herbert Ministry on 4 August 1862, and retained this post till his death on 2 October 1864.[7]

References

  1. ^ Hon. Thomas de Lacy MOFFATT — Clan Moffat Genealogy. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). "Moffatt, Hon. Thomas de Lacy" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Kingston, Beverley. "Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy (1826–1864)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  4. ^ In the Service of the Company: Letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural Company. December 1829 - June 1832, Volume 1. ANU Press. 2005. p. ix. ISBN 9781920942298.
  5. ^ "Australian Agricultural Company". Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. ^ "TRANSFER OF RUNS". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 73. New South Wales, Australia. 20 July 1852. p. 1115. Retrieved 28 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy". Former Members. Parliament of Queensland.
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of Queensland
1862–1864 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Western Downs
1860–1864
Served alongside: James Taylor 		Succeeded by
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