Henry Milford | |
Constituency Am: | Braidwood |
Assembly: | New South Wales Legislative |
Term Start: | 3 February 1864 |
Term End: | 10 November 1864 |
Predecessor: | Merion Moriarty |
Successor: | Joshua Josephson |
Constituency Am1: | Rockhampton |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 6 December 1869 |
Term End1: | 7 June 1870 |
Predecessor1: | Archibald Archer |
Successor1: | Alexander Fyfe |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1833 |
Birth Place: | Clifton, Bristol, England |
Death Date: | 29 February 1888 (aged 55) |
Death Place: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | Charters Towers Pioneer Cemetery |
Birthname: | Henry John Bede Milford |
Nationality: | English Australian |
Spouse: | Catherine Charlotte Dick (m.1856 d.1884) |
Occupation: | Solicitor |
Henry John Bede Milford (1 January 1833[1] – 29 February 1888) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]
Born in England the youngest son of Samuel Milford, Milford moved to Sydney, Australia with his parents in 1843. He became an articled clerk before being admitted as a solicitor in 1855. He practised in Sydney until 1867. He was married to Catherine Charlotte Dick and had three sons and a daughter. Their son Ernest Alexander Milford (19 December 1858 – 2 October 1942), was a lawyer in Queensland and New South Wales.
He represented the electoral district of Braidwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 3 February 1864 to 10 November 1864.[3]
He represented the electoral district of Rockhampton from 6 December 1869[4] to 7 June 1870. Winning the seat in a by-election, he resigned before ever taking his seat.[5]
Milford died in hospital on 29 February 1888,[6] [7] according to the Charters Towers Daily Herald (2 March 1888), of "excess drink and exposure".