Charles Hamilton Bromby Explained

Charles Bromby
Office:Attorney-General of Tasmania
Term Start:20 July 1876
Term End:9 August 1877
Predecessor:William Giblin
Successor:William Giblin
Birth Date:1843 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Death Place:London, England
Birthname:Charles Hamilton Bromby
Nationality:British
Spouse:Mary Ellen Hensman
Alma Mater:St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Profession:Barrister

Charles Hamilton Bromby (17 July 1843 – 24 July 1904), BA LCL was an Attorney-General in the colonial Tasmanian government.

Early life

Bromby was the second son of Right Rev. Charles Henry Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, by Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late William Hulme Bodley, of Brighton, Sussex. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 17 July 1843, and educated at Cheltenham College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated.

Legal and political career

He entered as a student of the Inner Temple on 7 June 1864, and was called to the bar on 18 November 1867. He emigrated to Tasmania, where he arrived in December 1874, and was M.H.A. for Central Launceston from 1876 to 1877, for Norfolk Plains from 1877 to 1878, and subsequently for Richmond. Bromby was Attorney-General in Reibey's Ministry, and a member of the Executive Council from 20 July 1876, to 9 August 1877.[1] He was admitted a member of the bar of New South Wales in 1881; before returning to England, and practising as a barrister in London and on the North-Eastern Circuit. He edited Spike's Law of Master and Servant, 3rd edition.

Bromby was a supporter of Irish home rule and attended the Irish Race Convention in 1896.[2]

Personal life

Bromby married Mary Ellen Hensman. He died 24 July 1904, in St Marylebone, London, England.

Notes and References

  1. brombyc163 . Charles Hamilton Bromby . 26 July 2022.
  2. Book: Webb . Alfredd . Proceedings of the Irish Race Convention which met in Dublin the first three days of Sept., 1896 . Sealy, Bryers & Walker . Index of Speakers .