William Henry Walsh

The Hon William Henry Walsh
W. H. Walsh about 1860
Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office 6 January 1874 – 20 July 1876
Preceded by	Frederick Forbes
Succeeded by	Henry King
Constituency	Warrego
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Leichhardt
In office 15 June 1859 – 10 December 1859
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough
In office 1 February 1865 – 4 November 1873
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Berkeley Moreton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warrego
In office 4 November 1873 – 12 December 1878
Preceded by	Archibald Buchanan
Succeeded by	Ernest Stevens
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 20 February 1879 – 5 April 1888
Personal details
Born	William Henry Walsh (1823-12-18)18 December 1823 Milton, Berkshire, England
Died	5 April 1888(1888-04-05) (aged 64) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Spouse	Elizabeth Brown (b.1828 m.1857 d.1913)
Children	Kathleen Maude Walsh, Eliza Walsh, Western Walsh, Alfred Degilbo Walsh, Hilda Walsh, William Walsh & Nugent Walsh
Occupation	Squatter, Investor

William Henry Walsh J.P. (18 December 1823 – 5 April 1888) was an Australian pioneer pastoralist or squatter and politician in early Queensland.^[1] He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1859-1859, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1865–1878, and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council 1879–1888. He was the Queensland Minister of the Crown 1870–1873, Speaker in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 6 January 1874 to 20 July 1876.