Samuel Blackall | |
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| 2nd Governor of Queensland | |
| In office 14 August 1868 – 2 January 1871 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir George Bowen |
| Succeeded by | George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1809 Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 2 January 1871 (aged 61) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery, Queensland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Georgiana Rowles (1833–1853) Catherine Bond (1858–1864) |
| Profession | Politician |
Samuel Wensley Blackall (1 May 1809 – 2 January 1871) was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871.[1][2]
- ^ Note: Blackall was not the same Samuel Blackall who was linked with Jane Austen as a potential suitor. The latter was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of whom Jane commented in letters to her sister Cassandra, 'There is less love and more sense in it than sometimes appeared before, and I am very satisfied. It will all go on exceedingly well and decline away in a very reasonable manner". See: Marghanita Laski (1977) Jane Austen and her world, Thames and Hudson London. p. 46
- ^ Morrison, A. A. (1969). "Blackall, Samuel Wensley (1809–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.