| Francis Amhurst | |
| Constituency Am1: | Bowen |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 26 May 1875 |
| Term End1: | 24 March 1877 |
| Predecessor1: | Thomas FitzGerald |
| Successor1: | Henry Beor |
| Constituency Am2: | Mackay |
| Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 21 November 1878 |
| Term End2: | 3 January 1881 |
| Predecessor2: | New seat |
| Successor2: | Maurice Black |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Framlingham, Suffolk, England |
| Death Place: | Died at sea on board the SS Bokhara en route to England |
| Birthname: | Francis Tyssen Amhurst |
| Nationality: | English Australian |
| Occupation: | Solicitor, Sugar Plantation owner |
| Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
Francis Tyssen Amhurst (27 September 1842 – 3 January 1881) was a solicitor and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Francis Amhurst was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, in 1842 to William Amhurst and his wife Mary (née Fountaine) . He attended Eton College and went on to Christ Church University, Oxford. He travelled overseas for two years after completing University and arrived in Queensland 1872. He set up buying various investments and by 1875 he was owner of Foulden Sugar Plantation in Mackay.[1]
Winning the seat of Bowen in 1875, Amhurst held the seat for two years before resigning in 1877. The next year he contested and won Mackay, holding it till his death in 1881.[1]
Before his death, Amhurst had been in poor health. Hoping a change would help him recuperate, he sailed on the SS Bokhara bound for England, but died at sea on 3 January 1881.[1]