Thomas Blacket Stephens

The Hon Thomas Blacket Stephens
6th Treasurer of Queensland
In office 21 May 1867 – 15 August 1867
Preceded by	John Douglas
Succeeded by	Robert Mackenzie
Constituency	Town of South Brisbane
In office 27 January 1869 – 3 May 1870
Preceded by	Thomas Henry FitzGerald
Succeeded by	Robert Ramsay
Constituency	Town of South Brisbane
2nd Mayor of Brisbane
In office 1862–1862
Preceded by	John Petrie
Succeeded by	George Edmondstone
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane (Town of South Brisbane)
In office 10 June 1863 – 13 May 1875
Preceded by	Henry Richards
Succeeded by	Richard Kingsford
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 22 July 1876 – 26 August 1877
Personal details
Born	(1819-01-05)5 January 1819 Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Died	26 August 1877(1877-08-26) (aged 58) Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place	South Brisbane Cemetery
Spouse	Anne Connah (m.1856 d.1904)
Relations	William Stephens (son)
Occupation	Fellmonger, Wool Broker, Newspaper proprietor

Thomas Blacket Stephens (5 January 1819 – 26 August 1877) was a wealthy Brisbane businessman and newspaper proprietor who also served as an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council,^[1] a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.