Henry Badgery | |
Office: | Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro |
Premier: | Sir Henry Parkes Alexander Stuart |
Alongside: | Robert Lucas-Tooth (until 24 July 1884), David Ryrie (from 24 July 1884) |
Predecessor: | John Murphy |
Successor: | Henry Dawson |
Office2: | Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Maitland |
Monarch2: | Victoria |
Premier2: | James Farnell Sir Henry Parkes |
Predecessor2: | Stephen Scholey |
Successor2: | James Brunker |
Birth Name: | Henry Septimus Badgery |
Birth Date: | 9 December 1840 |
Birth Place: | Sutton Forest, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Exeter, New South Wales |
Party: | Independent |
Henry Septimus Badgery (9 December 1840 – 23 August 1917) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Badgery was born at Sutton Forest, New South Wales, and married, in 1869, Julia, daughter of G. M. Pitt, of Sydney. He was member for East Maitland in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales from 5 June 1878 to 9 November 1880,[1] and was afterwards twice elected for Monaro, serving from 2 December 1880 to 7 October 1885.[1] Having joined the Dibbs Ministry as Secretary for Public Works, on 7 October 1885, he was defeated at Camden 12 days later and resigned office on the 31st of the same month.
Following the death of his first wife in 1894 at age 52,[2] Badgery married a second time to Alice May King in 1896[3] who died late that year aged 38.[4] He then married a third time in 1900 to Sybella Louisa, Hooke.[5] Badgery had six children, four sons and two daughters, in his first marriage and three children, two sons and a daughter, by his third marriage.
His brother, Frank Badgery, served in the Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1915.[6]