Lavington Glyde

Lavington Glyde
Born(1823-04-24)24 April 1823[1]
Exeter, Devon, England
Died31 July 1890(1890-07-31) (aged 66)
Kensington, South Australia
Spouse(s)Mary Ellen Hardcastle and her sister Alice Phoebe Kepert (nee Hardcastle)
Parent(s)Jonathan Lavington Glyde and Sarah Glyde (nee Evans)
Treasurer of South Australia and Minister for Lands
Member of Parliament
for East Torrens
Member of Parliament
for Yatala
Member of Parliament
for Victoria

Lavington Glyde (24 April 1823 – 31 July 1890)[2] was a Treasurer of South Australia.[3]

Glyde was born on 24 April 1823 in Exeter, Devon. England, and emigrated to South Australia in 1847.[4] Ten years later he entered the South Australian Legislative Assembly, in which he sat in every parliament from the first to the tenth inclusive.[3] From 1857 to 1860 he represented East Torrens, from March 1860 to May 1875 Yatala, and from May 1877 to April 1884 Victoria.[5][6] He was Treasurer in the Francis Dutton Ministry in July 1863, and Minister of Lands on four occasions: from July 1863, to July 1864, October to November 1865, May 1867 to September 1868, and October to November 1868, in the first Henry Ayers, the first John Hart, and the fourth and fifth Ayers Ministries respectively. Mr. Glyde was Treasurer in Arthur Blyth's Government from July 1873 to May 1875, and again in John Bray's Government from June 1881 to April 1884.[3]

Glyde subsequently retired from public life, and in October 1885 accepted the Accountancy to the Court of Insolvency, a position he held till his death, which took place at Kensington, Adelaide on 31 July 1890. With the one exception of Sir Arthur Blyth, Mr. Glyde had been a Minister of the Crown for a longer term of years than any other South Australian politician. He was a singularly able debater, and his Budget speeches and financial addresses generally were models of clearness.[3]

  1. ^ a b "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPWL-JNL : accessed 29 March 2016), Lavington Glyde, 05 Jul 1823; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 590,690.
  2. ^ "Glyde, Lavington (1823–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). "Glyde, Hon. Lavington" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "Obit — The Hon. Lavington Glyde". South Australian Register. 5 August 1890. p. 7. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Hon Lavington Glyde". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2013.