Richard Ash Kingsford
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| 12th Mayor of Brisbane | |
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In office 1876–1876 |
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| Preceded by | James Swan |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Hubbard |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane |
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In office 26 May 1875 – 21 August 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Blacket Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Henry Jordan |
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Richard Ash Kingsford 2 October 1821 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Died | 2 January 1902 (aged 80) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Cairns Pioneer Cemetery |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Southerden (m.1852 d.1890), Emma Jane Dexter (m.1892) |
| Relations | Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (grandson) |
| Occupation | Draper, Fruit grower, Poultry farmer |
| Religion | Baptist |
Richard Ash Kingsford (1821–1902) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Australia, and a mayor of Cairns, Queensland.
Richard Ash Kingsford was born on 2 October 1821 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the son of John Kingsford and Mary Anne Walker.
In 1852, after marrying Sarah Southerden, his first wife, in the fourth quarter of 1851, Kingsford and his wife emigrated to Sydney and, ultimately, relocated to Brisbane in 1854.
Kingsford was a partner in a drapery business in Queen Street, Brisbane with his brother John in the 1860s. Later (around 1878), he had a poultry farm at the Springs, Tingalpa, east of Brisbane.
Daughter Catherine and her husband William Charles Smith, a bank manager, had moved to Cairns. In about 1883, Richard and Sarah Kingsford followed them there and established a fruit farm near Kuranda. In 1890, he bought the Hambledon sugar plantation from Thomas Swallow (father-in-law of Kingsford's daughter Caroline) and then leased it back to his sons Swallow Bros. Kingsford sold the plantation in 1897 to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company.
Kingsford was an alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1875 to 1876, serving as mayor in 1876. He served on the following council committees:
Following the retirement of Thomas Blacket Stephens due to illness, in May 1875 Kingsford was elected by a large majority against the attorney-general, Ratcliffe Pring, for the South Brisbane seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, which he held until he lost it in the 1883 election.
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