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Australian politician

De Burgh Persse
De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Fassifern
In office
9 April 1878 – 7 September 1883
Preceded byJohn Thorn
Succeeded byAlfred Midgley
Personal details
BornDe Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse
(1840-09-25)25 September 1840
Moyode Castle, County Galway, Ireland
Died17 February 1921(1921-02-17) (aged 80)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeBeaudesert Cemetery
NationalityIrish Australian
SpouseMary Persse Blair (m.1871 d.1923)
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
OccupationStation manager

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse (25 September 1840 – 17 February 1921) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse was born on 25 September 1840 in Moyode Castle, County Galway, Ireland.

Pastoralist and politician De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse, ca. 1920

Politics

Presse was the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern from 9 April 1878 to 7 September 1883.

Later life

Persse died on 17 February 1921 in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He was buried in Beaudesert on the local cemetery. He left his wife and two sons, Charles Persse and De Burgh B. Persse. and three daughters, Mrs. Fitz Pierce Joyce, Mrs. Edgar Joyce and Mrs. Cecil Delpratt.

References

  1. ^ "Persse, De Burgh Fitzpatrick". Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "THE LATE MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. Qld. 21 February 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "MR. DE BURGH PERSSE DEAD". The Telegraph (SECOND ed.). Brisbane. 18 February 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "LATE MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". The Brisbane Courier. 21 February 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "DEATH OF MR. DE BURGH PERSSE". The Brisbane Courier. 18 February 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded byJohn Thorn Member for Fassifern
1878–1883 		Succeeded byAlfred Midgley
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