William Lennon
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The Honourable William Lennon |
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William Lennon – Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland 1927
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| 8th President of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 18 August 1920 – 23 March 1922 |
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| Preceded by | William Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| 15th Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 9 September 1919 – 9 January 1920 |
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| Preceded by | William McCormack |
| Succeeded by | William Bertram |
| Constituency | Herbert |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Herbert |
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In office 18 May 1907 – 16 January 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred Cowley |
| Succeeded by | Percy Pease |
| Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 18 August 1920 – 23 March 1922 |
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| Personal details | |
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William Lennon 8 December 1849 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 5 May 1938 (aged 88) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | Irish Australian |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Cecilia Ryan (m.1877 d.1937) |
| Occupation | Company director, Business manager, Clerk |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
William Lennon (8 December 1849 – 5 May 1938) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland.
Lennon was born in Dublin, Ireland to parents William Lennon Snr and his wife Ann (née Martin). Arriving with his family in Melbourne in 1855 he received his education there and by 1870 he was employed as a clerk with the Victorian Mines Department. In 1874 he joined the Bank of Australasia and was posted at Creswick and it was here that he made friends with David Temple and William Guthrie Spence, two pioneers of the trade union movement in Australia.
In 1881 he was transferred to Townsville to open a branch of the bank there and later supervised its expansion to other centres in North Queensland and by 1885 he was working in Sydney as a sub-inspector. He left the bank a year later to take up the role of manager of Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd. He was employed there for ten years but clashes with James Burns over administrative procedures and salary levels led to his resignation and Lennon then established his own mercantile and auctioneering business in Townsville. He was a director of the Bank of North Queensland and the Townsville Gas Company.
On the 29th November 1877 Lennon married Mary Cecilia Ryan (died 1937) at Ballarat and together had three sons and three daughters. He died in Brisbane in May 1938 after several years of bad health. As per Lennon's personal wishes, his family declined the offer of a state funeral and his funeral at the Toowong Cemetery was attended by a few close relatives.
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