Thomas Lloyd Forster Rutledge (11 January 1889 – 13 August 1958) was an Australian politician. He was born at

Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, approximately south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victor ...

to grazier William Forster Rutledge and Jane (Jean), ''née'' Morphy. After attending King's College at Goulburn and St Paul's College at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

, where he studied mechanical and civil engineering, he became a jackeroo on his father's station near

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in 1910; by 1918 he owned the property. From 1914 to 1918 he served in Egypt and

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, being invalided to

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and England. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and commanded the 7th Light Horse Regiment, and was

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twice. After his return he served as a Progressive member of the

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for

from 1920 to 1925. He was active in graziers' associations after his defeat. On 29 October 1935 he married Helen Stephen, with whom he had three children. Rutledge died in 1958 in Sydney.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutledge, Thomas 1889 births 1958 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly University of Sydney alumni Australian military personnel of World War I 20th-century Australian politicians