Thomas de Montmorency Murray-Prior (27 January 1848 – 11 December 1902) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Early life

He was born in Bromelton to politician Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior and Matilda Harpur. He attended school in

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and

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, working as a pastoralist at

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before becoming a miner in the Palmer goldfield. He married Florence Claudia Moor on 18 March 1878 at Bowen. He inherited Maroon Station on his father's death in 1892, and also became vice-president of the Queensland Chamber of Agriculture.

Politics

He was elected to the

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as the member for Fassifern in March 1902, but he died in

in December of that year.

Later life

He died on 11 December 1902 at

following a long internal illness; his death was not unexpected.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray-Prior, Thomas de Montmorency 1848 births 1902 deaths Colony of Queensland people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian miners 19th-century Australian politicians