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Henry Dumaresq

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Henry Dumaresq
Member for Longford
In office
26 July 1886 (1886-07-26) – 12 May 1903 (1903-05-12)
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byAlfred Youl
Personal details
Born
Henry Rowland Gascoigne Dumaresq

(1839-02-20)20 February 1839
Longford, Van Diemen's Land
Died31 October 1924(1924-10-31) (aged 85)
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Cricket information
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868Tasmania
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2016

Henry Rowland Gascoigne Dumaresq (20 February 1839 – 31 October 1924) was an Australian politician who represented the electoral district of Longford in the Tasmanian House of Assembly between 1886 and 1903. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 26 July 1886 and resigned on 12 May 1903.[1]

He was the son of Edward Dumaresq (1802–1906), who had migrated to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), in 1825, around the time that his brother-in-law Ralph Darling became Governor of New South Wales. He was the nephew of Henry Dumaresq (1792–1838) and William Dumaresq (1793–1868).[2] It is likely that he was named after his uncle, who had died in the year before Dumaresq was born.

Dumaresq also played one first-class cricket match for Tasmania in 1868, almost twenty years before he entered parliament.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Dumaresq, Henry Rowland Gascoigne". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ Page, Roger, "Dumaresq, Edward (1802–1906)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 21 August 2021
  3. ^ "Henry Dumaresq". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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Tasmanian House of Assembly
New title Member for Longford
1886–1903
Succeeded by