Charles Boydell Dutton (16 August 1834 – 5 February 1904) was an Australian pastoralist and politician in colonial

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Early life

Dutton was born in

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, the son of Henry Pelerin Dutton (c. 1803 – 30 January 1870), a

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squatter, and his wife Sophia Hume Dutton, ''née'' Bell (c. 1804 – 18 August 1889).

Politics

Dutton was a member of the

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for Leichhardt from 23 August 1883 to 5 May 1888 and Secretary for Lands from 13 November 1883 to 30 August 1887; Secretary for Works and Mines from the latter date till 12 December 1887; and from that date till 13 June 1888 Secretary for Railways in the First Griffith Ministry. At the general election in 1888, Dutton was an unsuccessful candidate for the Leichhardt district. Dutton, who embraced

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's land nationalisation theories, and endeavoured as Secretary for Lands to give some approximate effect to them in legislation, then became a squatter in

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Later life

Dutton died on 5 February 1904 in

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Legacy

The suburb of

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in Brisbane is named after him. Former Australian federal opposition leader,

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, is Charles Dutton's great-great-grandson.

References

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