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De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse

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De Burgh Persse
De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Fassifern
In office
9 April 1878 – 7 September 1883
Preceded byJohn Thorn
Succeeded byAlfred Midgley
Personal details
Born
De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse

(1840-09-25)25 September 1840
Moyode Castle, County Galway, Ireland
Died17 February 1921(1921-02-17) (aged 80)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeBeaudesert Cemetery
NationalityIrish Australian
SpouseMary Persse Blair (m.1871 d.1923)
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
OccupationStation manager

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse (25 September 1840 – 17 February 1921) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early life

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De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse was born on 25 September 1840 in Moyode Castle, County Galway, Ireland.[1]

Pastoralist and politician De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse, ca. 1920

Politics

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Presse was the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern from 9 April 1878 to 7 September 1883.[1]

Later life

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Persse died on 17 February 1921 in Southport, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] He was buried in Beaudesert on the local cemetery.[4][5] He left his wife and two sons, Charles Persse and De Burgh B. Persse.[2] and three daughters, Mrs. Fitz Pierce Joyce, Mrs. Edgar Joyce and Mrs. Cecil Delpratt.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Persse, De Burgh Fitzpatrick". Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "THE LATE MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. Qld. 21 February 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "MR. DE BURGH PERSSE DEAD". The Telegraph (SECOND ed.). Brisbane. 18 February 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "LATE MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". The Brisbane Courier. 21 February 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "DEATH OF MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". The Brisbane Courier. 18 February 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Fassifern
1878–1883
Succeeded by