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 ====== Test Thomas de Montmorenci, Florence and Mary M-P ======
+[[wp>Thomas_de_Montmorency_Murray-Prior|Thomas de Montmorenci Murray-Prior]] was the 4th consecutive Thomas Murray-Prior. He was TLM-P and Matilda M-P's eldest son, born 27 January 1848 at his father's property Bromelton. He was baptised at Bromelton by the [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glennie-benjamin-3621|Rev. Benjamin  Glennie]].((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) he went to [[matilda_m-p_and_her_children|school in Brisbane and Hobart]] After that, for a time at least, he worked on Maroon. A letter by his sister Rosa to her father in the late 1860s indicates that Tom encouraged, and to a degree shared, her literary inclinations. His praise was tempered by his times ('Tom liked it. He said it was like a man's work.') but he also shared and encouraged her writing the Marroon [[magazine|Magazine]] and her determination to educate her intellect: 'Tom and I had a long dissertation last night upon the cultivation of the understanding and he is going to follow my plan, and write notes and remarks upon everything he reads.'((Roderick, //In Mortal Bondage//, p.48.))\\
+At some unknown date, Nora chose lines from poetry to describe her step-children and children. The lines she chose for her eldest stepson were: 'Of comfort, & an open hand of help,/A splendid presence.'((M-P papers, NLA, Box 7, folder 42.)) His letters to her indicate why she made this judgement as they are affectionate and kind. In one undated one, he comments on his own happiness: 'Florence and I are as jolly and happy as two people can be.' - the qualification 'as two people can be', seems typical of his conscientious conservatism.((M-P papers, NLA, Box 1, folder 21.)) Her opinion of T de M. M-P was shared by his father, as TLM-P appointed his eldest son a trustee in his will (along with Nora's brother Charles Barton and, in a codicil, Anthony Darvall, the son of her uncle's second wife).((TLM-P, Last will and testament, copy with J. Godden))\\
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+The following three photos are of Tom de Montmorenci M-P. The first, of him as a boy, is from his father's album.((Provenance: J. Godden)) The last photo of Tom with his statement moustache is typical of the era.((Provenance of last two: T.A. & M.T. M-P.))\\
+{{:t_de_m_mp.jpg?300|}}  {{:t_de_m_mp.jpeg?300|}}  {{:mp5_a.jpg?300|}}\\
+For other photos, click on [[Thomas de M. M-P photos]].\\
+The younger Thomas was adventurous and in 1874, for a short period he left working on Maroon to become a miner in the harsh [[wp>Palmer_River#Palmer_goldfields|Palmer River goldfields]]. His brother Morres wrote in a [[letter]] that, after Thomas returned from the Palmer in ill-health, he remained on Maroon while Morres had to leave, presumably because the property could not support them both.\\
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+In later life Thomas, like his father, bought a considerable amount of property in Queensland: Darbyshire lists nine purchases between March 1877 and January 1881, at Melcombe (Maroon), Telemon and Mogill.((Andrew Darbyshire, 'A Fair Slice of St Lucia', p.123))
+At some stage Thomas de M. M-P owned, with his brother Hugh, Annie Vale station.((D. Waterson, //A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929//, Canberra: ANU Press, 1972, p.135.)) In 1880, he was listed as being at Moonbago, South Kennedy, Bully Creek.((H. Mortimer Franklyn, **A glance at Australia in 1880**, p. xlvii.)) At the time of his father's death, in 1892, he was in partnership with his father running a property 'Bullywallah', Bulli Creek south-west of [[wp>Charters_Towers|Charters Towers]], Queensland. Possibly Moonbago was part of this property.((It would be interesting to discover if he named the property with its distinctive Anglo-Indian name of 'wallah' (Bullywallah: an inhabitant of Bulli). One source states that, after some years, Thomas de M. M-P. bought his father out, becoming sole owner of the property. On his father's death, he returned to Maroon.((D. Waterson, //A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929//, Canberra: ANU Press, 1972, p.135.)) As there is no mention of Maroon in TLM-P's will, and T de M M-P was left the smallest legacy of any of his father's children, £1,000,((Judgement re T.L. M-P Trust, 11 Otober 1905, schedule 15. J. Godden's copy.)) the assumption is that his inheritance was secured (like much of that of his sister Rosa) before his father's death. A New Zealand paper reported that Thomas de. M. M-P, at the time of his death, owned Aberfoyle station, previously owned by his father and brother-in-law John Jardine; after he died the property was sold by his executors.((//Otago Witness//, 3 May 1905, p.8.))\\
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+Like his father, Thomas de M. M-P took advantage of the 1868 act which allowed people to 'select' land to farm. Angela Collyer ((Angela Collyer, //Rathdowney: federation history of an Australian rural border community// Rathdowney, Qld.: Rathdowney Area Development and Historical Association, 2001 p.128)) lists his four selections around Maroon:\\
+|Lease  1164| 1 October 1870| Portion No.  9| Melcombe parish| 320 acres|\\
+|Lease  1594| 5 August 1872 | Portion No. 12| Melcombe parish| 1093 acres|\\
+|Lease  1662| 24 October 1872| Portion No. 12| Telemon parish | 3810 acres|\\
+|Lease  1968| 24 September 1873| Portion No. 26| Telemon parish | 705 acres|\\
+A total of 5,928 acres (nearly 2,399 hectares).\\
+At Maroon, Thomas de M. M-P developed a strong reputation as a skilled breeder of [[wp>Shorthorn|shorthorn cattle]]: something his father had also done since his days at Bromelton station. Thomas de M. M-P  appears to have visited Scotland in 1894 where he was reported as a 'prominent Queensland cattle breeder' with plans to export cattle.((//Aberdeen Evening Express//, 27 September 1894. need to subscribe to check.)) These plans were implemented.((//New Zealand Mail//, 27 December 1900, p.51))\\
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+Like his father, Thomas de M. M-P had a passion for horses. He bred 'grade Arab horses', with some from Arab stallions imported 'direct from Arabia.'((//Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser//, 13 December 1902, p.4; A. Yarwood, //Walers. Australian Horses Abroad//, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1989, p.154.)) During a visit to India, he 'canvassed the prospects for Queensland horses in the remount [army horses] trade'. He followed this up by bringing together a number of fellow horse breeders during the 1892 Brisbane Exhibition week, advocating that they become regular traders for remounts. Like his father, he deplored (in the //Pastoralists' Review//) that the emphasis on sprint events for horses, designed to maximise gambling, meant a reduction in Queensland horses' stamina.((A. Yarwood, //Walers. Australian Horses Abroad//, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1989, p.154.))(When at the races in England, TLM-P wrote in his diary: //'What can be the good of a horse even if it could fly a few hundred yards? now a horse that can go and has staying power is worth having; racing people do not agree with me.//', 24 May 1882). Thomas de M. M-P also advocated a tax on stallions in order to weed out weaker horses and improve the breed overall.((//Waikato Times//, 24 November 1894, p.15.)) He was a founding member of the Belyando Picnic Race Club's Committee of Management which organised the first race meeting at Lanark in 1884. He was also Chairman of the South Kennedy Picnic Race Club's Committee of Management from c.1887: his horses won prizes at the Club meetings. In 19-20 July 1892, the Belyando Picnic Race Club held its races on an unfenced course at their President's (T de M M-P) home Bulliwallah: they continued to race at Bulliwallah until at least 1896 before a permanent course was built.((ch 3 'Picnic Racing on the Belyando', from book? pp.9,10.)) Fox's //History of Queensland//((p.173)) summarised T. de M. M-P as having "enjoyed a wide reputation as a breeder of prize stock, his shorthorn cattle and Arab horses carrying off many of the most coveted honours of the day. He owned the Arab stallion "Pathfinder," at the time one of the best-known horses in Queensland, and also imported from India "Trojan," another noted Arab sire, both of which accounted for prize stock of the highest quality."\\
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+One of Thomas de Montmorenci M-P's claims to fame is that he and a tutor at nearby Unumgar Station, Peter Pears, were the first Europeans to climb [[wp>Mount_Lindesay_(Queensland)|Mt Lindesay]], in 1872.((e.g. N.C. Hewitt, 'Early History Recalled', //Northern Star// [Lismore], 9 January 1940.)) His wife Mary believed that the pair were actually the second, with the first ascent in the 1840s: that claim is uncertain. We do known that Thomas de M. M-P passed on his fascination with climbing Mt Lindesay to his son: [[thomas_bertram|Thomas Bertram M-P]], with his cousin Standish Lightoller, climbed it in September 1902.((Robert Thomas, 'The First Ascent of Mt. Lindesay - A Climbing "Whodunit"', //Queensland Review//, 8:1, May 2001, pp.1-20.)) {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Mount_Lindesay_Queensland.jpg/280px-Mount_Lindesay_Queensland.jpg}}
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+Thomas de M. M-P contributed to numerous local organisations. He was active in local government - the Boonah Shire Council - being elected a member of the Goolman Divisional Board from 1889-98 or until 1902, and Chairman in 1896 and part of 1897.(([H. Krause], //The Story of Maroon. A Souvenir Review of its History and Development 1827-1961//, Maroon Centenary Celebrations Committee, 1961, p.40 gives contradictory information.)) He was also Vice-President of the Queensland Chamber of Agriculture.((D. Waterson, //A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929//, Canberra: ANU Press, 1972, p.135.)) He was the founding President of the Fassifern and Dugandan Agricultural and Pastoral Association; on the first Committee of the General Hospital at Boonah as well as the Boonah Literary and Debating Society. He donated the land for the first Maroon School which opened in 1891, mainly for the children of settlers taking advantage of the closer settlement acts.(([H. Krause], //The Story of Maroon. A Souvenir Review of its History and Development 1827-1961//, Maroon Centenary Celebrations Committee, 1961, pp.13,31.)) In addition, he was known to have a good relationship with the local German settlers.((Margaret Jenner, letter to J. Godden, 6 July [year?])) He failed to gain election to the [[wp>Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland|Queensland Legislative Assembly]] for the seat of [[wp>Electoral_district_of_Fassifern|Fassifern]] in 1896. In 1901, despite being supported by the Commonwealth Electoral League ((//South Australian Register//, 28 February 1901, p.5. The F. is a misprint for T.)) he also failed in his bid to be elected to the Queensland Senate, though he gained a respectable 13,236 votes.((Report on 1901 Senate voting in possession of J. Godden - full reference unknown.)) On 11 March 1902, he was successful in his bid for higher public office, elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Fassifern.((D. Waterson, //A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929//, Canberra: ANU Press, 1972, p.135; //Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser//, 25 March 1902, p.6 .)) He died at Maroon exactly 9 months later, on 11 December 1902.(([[wp>Thomas_de_Montmorency_Murray-Prior]]))\\
+Thomas de Montmorenci M-P and Florence Claudia Moor married on 18 March 1878 at the Holy Trinity Church of England in the far north Queensland town of [[wp>Bowen,_Queensland|Bowen]].((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) Florence was born in London but it is not known when or why she came to Australia. Her father Henry Moor was also born in London, and lived in the London suburb of [[wp>Highgate|Highgate]]; he died on 11 February 1861 and was buried in the famous {{https://highgatecemetery.org/|Highgate cemetery}}. Her mother, with the wonderful name of Georgiana Boadicea Maria Leathant, was the daughter of Charles Leathant; she married Henry Moor at St Panceas Church on 22 July 1857.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) Henry Moor died less than 4 years later and his widow married again, to Henry J. Jones, at the time of Florence's marriage working for a bank in Bowen, Queensland.((//Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser//, 27 April 1878, p.2.)) For that reason, Florence is sometimes referred to as Florence Jones.((Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, 1901-05, p.14, NLA; Thomas Bertram M-P, //Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d.,p.7, NLA; Bernard Burke, //A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry//, Melbourne: E.A. Petherick, 1891-95, pp.49-50.))\\
+{{:florence_enhanced.jpg?300|}} For other photos of the beautiful Florence (and one of her watch), click [[painting, photos Florence]]\\
+Florence and Thomas M-P's memorial at {{https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/parks-venues/cemeteries/toowong-cemetery|Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane}} Thomas de M. M-P was 'buried in the private garden adjoining' Maroon((//Fassifern Guardian//, 28 November 1962)) near the grave of his wife Florence. In 1920 their bodies were moved and reburied in the family plot at Toowong Cemetery.((Patricia Clarke to Tom & Therese M-P, 19 November 2001.)) Only remnants of the original headstones remained to be used in the restoration.((Therese and Tom A. M-P, pers. comm.; Provenance photos: Tom A. and Therese M-P.)) {{ :thomas_de_monmorenci.jpeg?400}} {{ :florence_s_monument.jpeg?400 |}}
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 Thomas and Florence had five children:((Bernard Burke, //A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry//, Melbourne: E.A. Petherick, 1891-95, pp.49-50; Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, p.14, NLA; [Thomas A. M-P], Murray-Prior Family, booklet, October 2014; Thomas Bertram M-P, //Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d.,p.7, NLA.))
-. Florence (**Florette**) Elizabeth, born at Bowen, Queensland on 1 January 1879((QBDM ref C105)) and baptised there by the Rev. M. Ross((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)); she died in Sydney on 12 July 1956.((NSWBDM registration 21403/1957)) On 28 October 1896, the poet/novelist [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stephens-james-brunton-4642|James Brunton Stephens]] wrote to her encouraging her to persevere with her poetry, but advising she defer publication.((Provenance: Jill Fleming.)) Prominent feminist Rose Scott also wrote to Florette encouraging her artistic talents.((reference? just brief note found so far.)) In the end, Florence decided on music, with the press announcing in 1907 that she planned to go to Paris for further study.\\
+. Florence (**Florette**) Elizabeth, born at Bowen, Queensland on 1 January 1879((QBDM ref C105)) and baptised there by the Rev. M. Ross((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)); she died in Sydney on 12 July 1956.((NSWBDM registration 21403/1957)) On 28 October 1896, the poet/novelist [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stephens-james-brunton-4642|James Brunton Stephens]] wrote to her encouraging her to persevere with her poetry, but advising she defer publication.((Provenance: Jill Fleming.)) Prominent feminist Rose Scott also wrote to Florette encouraging her artistic talents.((reference? just brief note found so far.)) In the end, Florence decided on music, with the press announcing in 1907 that she planned to go to Paris for further study.
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