William Hobbs (politician)

Dr William Hobbs (1822 – 8 December 1890)[1] was a doctor and politician in colonial Queensland.[2]

The Hon

Dr William Hobbs
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
26 April 1861 – 18 October 1880
Personal details
Born
William Hobbs

1822
Middlesex, England
Died1890 (aged 67–68)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityEnglish Australian
Spouse(s)Anna Louisa Barton (d.1853 d.1914)
RelationsEdmund Barton (brother-in-law)
OccupationSurgeon

Hobbs was born in London, England,[1] and was one of the earliest colonists of Queensland, practised as a doctor in Brisbane, and was for a considerable period the Government medical officer.[2][3] Accompanied by his aged mother, he arrived at Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 as surgeon of the Chaseley, the second of John Dunmore Lang's migrant ships. After a brief period at Drayton on the Darling Downs, he commenced practice in Brisbane in September.[1]

He was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council and was a member of the first responsible government, without portfolio, under the premiership of Robert Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, from April 1861 to January 1862.[2] Mr. Hobbs married Anna Louisa Barton, sister of Edmund Barton, of Sydney. He died in Brisbane on 8 December 1890[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]

References
  1. Powell, Owen. "Hobbs, William (1822–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 31 December 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Hobbs, William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. Richardson, Holly; Gordon, Sharon (22 December 2018). "How grave robbing solved a murder and birthed forensic medicine in Queensland". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. Hobbs William — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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