Henry Badgery

Henry Septimus Badgery (9 December 1840 – 23 August 1917)^[1] was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

Henry Badgery
Badgery c.1891
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro
In office 2 December 1880 (1880-12-02) – 7 October 1885 (1885-10-07) Serving with Robert Lucas-Tooth (until 24 July 1884), David Ryrie (from 24 July 1884)
Monarch	Victoria
Premier	Sir Henry Parkes Alexander Stuart
Preceded by	John Murphy
Succeeded by	Henry Dawson
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Maitland
In office 5 June 1878 (1878-06-05) – 9 November 1880 (1880-11-09)
Monarch	Victoria
Premier	James Farnell Sir Henry Parkes
Preceded by	Stephen Scholey
Succeeded by	James Brunker
Personal details
Born	Henry Septimus Badgery (1840-12-09)9 December 1840 Sutton Forest, New South Wales
Died	23 August 1917(1917-08-23) (aged 76) Exeter, New South Wales
Political party	Independent

Badgery was born at Sutton Forest, New South Wales, and married, in 1869, Julia, daughter of G. M. Pitt, of Sydney.^[2] He was member for East Maitland in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales from 5 June 1878 to 9 November 1880,^[3] and was afterwards twice elected for Monaro, serving from 2 December 1880 to 7 October 1885.^[3] Having joined the Dibbs Ministry as Secretary for Public Works, on 7 October 1885, he was defeated at Camden 12 days later and resigned office on the 31st of the same month.^[2]

Following the death of his first wife in 1894 at age 52,^[4] Badgery married a second time to Alice May King in 1896^[5] who died late that year aged 38.^[6] He then married a third time in 1900 to Sybella Louisa, née Hooke.^[7] Badgery had six children, four sons and two daughters, in his first marriage and three children, two sons and a daughter, by his third marriage.^[1]

His brother, Frank Badgery, served in the Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1915.^[8]

References

1. Walsh, G. P. "Badgery, Henry Septimus (1840–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Badgery, Henry Septimus" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
3. "Mr Henry Septimus Badgery (1840-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
4. "Family Notices". Goulburn Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 1 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 18, 130. New South Wales, Australia. 25 April 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 18, 325. New South Wales, Australia. 9 December 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 406. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Mr Francis Arthur Badgery". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

 

Parliament of New South Wales
Political offices
Preceded by Francis Wright	Secretary for Public Works 1885	Succeeded by William Lyne
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Stephen Scholey	Member for East Maitland 1878–1880	Succeeded by James Brunker
Preceded by John Murphy	Member for Monaro 1880–1885 With: Robert Tooth / David Ryrie	Succeeded by Henry Dawson Harold Stephen