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| Hervey's death lead to family rumours. Robert M-P stated that Hervey was found collapsed on the bank of the creek at Harpur's Crossing, Coochin Coochin, dying shortly afterwards 'of supposed heart failure, although his actual cause of death has remained a mystery and a worry'. Though Robert was Hervey's step-brother, his information was not first-hand and in this case (and perhaps in other instances noted before?) he appears unnecessarily sensationalist.((Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, p.16.)) Perhaps he relied on early reports which described Hervey's death as 'mysterious', in that he appeared to be thrown from his horse but had no bruises.((//Darling Downs Gazette//, 3 January 1887 p.3.)) The truth, however, appears straight-forward. Hervey's death was reported in //The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55. It described how, some months before his death, Hervey had been 'thrown from his horse ... He was severely injured in the head, and was unable to resume his duties at the Titles Office for about six or seven weeks.' Unfortunately, riding to Maroon for a holiday, 'he "lunched" at the Peak Mountain Hotel'. He then, against advice, continued to ride the remaining 30 miles to Maroon despite heat and a thunderstorm. He lost his way during the night and had 'a fit' - presumably a stroke as, when he was found, he could only utter 'a few incoherent words' before dying. His body was examined by Dr Lightoller((whose daughter married Hervey's nephew Thomas B. M-P)) who declared that 'heart disease was the immediate cause of death'. The article then went on to describe him in a way that would make heart disease no surprise: 'The deceased gentleman, whose portly frame was well known in legal and club circles in Brisbane ....'\\ | Hervey's death lead to family rumours. Robert M-P stated that Hervey was found collapsed on the bank of the creek at Harpur's Crossing, Coochin Coochin, dying shortly afterwards 'of supposed heart failure, although his actual cause of death has remained a mystery and a worry'. Though Robert was Hervey's step-brother, his information was not first-hand and in this case (and perhaps in other instances noted before?) he appears unnecessarily sensationalist.((Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, p.16.)) Perhaps he relied on early reports which described Hervey's death as 'mysterious', in that he appeared to be thrown from his horse but had no bruises.((//Darling Downs Gazette//, 3 January 1887 p.3.)) The truth, however, appears straight-forward. Hervey's death was reported in //The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55. It described how, some months before his death, Hervey had been 'thrown from his horse ... He was severely injured in the head, and was unable to resume his duties at the Titles Office for about six or seven weeks.' Unfortunately, riding to Maroon for a holiday, 'he "lunched" at the Peak Mountain Hotel'. He then, against advice, continued to ride the remaining 30 miles to Maroon despite heat and a thunderstorm. He lost his way during the night and had 'a fit' - presumably a stroke as, when he was found, he could only utter 'a few incoherent words' before dying. His body was examined by Dr Lightoller((whose daughter married Hervey's nephew Thomas B. M-P)) who declared that 'heart disease was the immediate cause of death'. The article then went on to describe him in a way that would make heart disease no surprise: 'The deceased gentleman, whose portly frame was well known in legal and club circles in Brisbane ....'\\ |
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| Like others in his family, Hervey was buried in [[family_burial_site_toowong_cemetery_brisbane|Toowong Cemetery]].((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry: TLM-P referred to it as 'South Brisbane cemetery'.)) However, his grave is apart from the large family plot for reasons which are now unknown.((T.A. & M.T. M-P, pers. comm.)) Maggie M-P remarried in 1891, to another barrister, Charles Crawford Smyth.((Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, p.16; Qld marriage registration B15171.)) Ever the conscientious patriarch, TLM-P assured her that the allowance he had given her would continue in her son's favour.((M-P Family papers, NLA MS 7801, special set 12, folder 8, 12/70 and 12/76.)) His care extended beyond his death: in his will and his second codicil, he left young Hervey £3,000 to be invested with the interest paid to support his 'maintenance education and advancement in life'.\\ | Like others in his family, Hervey was buried in [[family_burial_site_toowong_cemetery_brisbane|Toowong Cemetery]].((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry: TLM-P referred to it as 'South Brisbane cemetery'.)) However, his grave is apart from the large family plot for reasons which are now unknown.((T.A. & M.T. M-P, pers. comm.)) \\ |
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| | Maggie M-P remarried on 2 September 1891, to another barrister, Charles Crawford Smyth.((Robert M-P, //The Blood Royal of the Murray-Priors//, p.16; Qld marriage registration B15171.)) Ever the conscientious patriarch, TLM-P assured her that the allowance he had given her would continue in her son's favour.((M-P Family papers, NLA MS 7801, special set 12, folder 8, 12/70 and 12/76.)) His care extended beyond his death: in his will and his second codicil, he left young Hervey £3,000 to be invested with the interest paid to support his 'maintenance education and advancement in life'.\\ |
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