Thomas Blacket Stephens
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The Hon Thomas Blacket Stephens |
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| 6th Treasurer of Queensland | |
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In office 21 May 1867 – 15 August 1867 |
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| Preceded by | John Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mackenzie |
| Constituency | Town of South Brisbane |
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In office 27 January 1869 – 3 May 1870 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Henry FitzGerald |
| Succeeded by | Robert Ramsay |
| Constituency | Town of South Brisbane |
| 2nd Mayor of Brisbane | |
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In office 1862–1862 |
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| Preceded by | John Petrie |
| Succeeded by | George Edmondstone |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane (Town of South Brisbane) |
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In office 10 June 1863 – 13 May 1875 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Richards |
| Succeeded by | Richard Kingsford |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 22 July 1876 – 26 August 1877 |
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| Personal details | |
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5 January 1819 Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 26 August 1877 (aged 58) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | South Brisbane Cemetery |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Connah (m.1856 d.1904) |
| Relations | William Stephens (son) |
| Occupation | Fellmonger, Wool Broker, Newspaper proprietor |
| Religion | Primitive Baptist |
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, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Thomas Blacket Stephens was born on 5 January 1819 at Rochdale, Lancashire, England, the son of Rev. William Stephens (a Baptist minister) and his wife Elizabeth (née Blacket).
On 6 September 1848 Thomas emigrated from Liverpool on the ship 'Bengal' arriving in Sydney, New South Wales on 12 February 1849. His cousin Edmund Blacket was the Colonial Architect in Sydney.
Thomas married Anne Connah in Balmain, Sydney at the home of his cousin, Edmund Blacket, in 1856.
The couple moved to Moreton Bay, now Brisbane and had 12 children in Brisbane (4 of whom died in infancy). Their children were:
In 1860, Thomas erected a two-storey house in South Brisbane called 'Cumbooquepa' from the Aboriginal name for the waterholes on the land.
In November 1874, Thomas became seriously ill, possibly cholera acquired from a ship visiting from India. Although he recovered somewhat from his illness, he remained weak and in May 1875 retired from many of his duties and made his will.
Thomas died from congestion of the lungs, following some years of poor health following a serious illness in 1874, at his residence 'Cumbooquepa' on 26 August 1877 and was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery the following day.
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