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Samuel Wensley Blackall

Samuel Blackall
Samuel Blackall.jpg
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 (1809-05-01)1 May 1809
Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 2 January 1871(1871-01-02) (aged 61)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place Toowong Cemetery, Queensland
Nationality Irish
Spouse(s) Catherine Bowles (1833-18??)
Catherine Bond (1848-1864)
Profession Politician

Colonel 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.

Blackall was born in Dublin, Ireland into a prosperous Irish family and attended Trinity College, Dublin at the age of 15, but did not graduate. In 1827 he joined the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, as an ensign and was appointed a lieutenant in 1832. He sold his commission in 1833 after five years service and joined the Royal Longford Militia, as a major.

He entered Irish public life in 1833, becoming High Sheriff of Longford for 1833 and, several years later, high sheriff of County Tyrone for 1862. In between those appointments, he spent four years as an MP in the British House of Commons for the constituency of Longford.

From 1851 to 1857, he worked in the colonial service as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica. After some trouble with the Colonial Office, he returned to colonial service as governor of Sierra Leone, then governor in chief at the West African Settlements from 1865, and then Governor of Queensland from 1868. Blackall's tenure as governor was dominated by a constitutional crisis caused by a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

By 1870, Blackall's health was declining rapidly, and shortly after selecting the highest burial site at the new Toowong Cemetery, he died in office on 2 January 1871.


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