Joseph Capel Smyth

Joseph Smyth
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
5 May 1882 – 16 July 1910
Personal details
Born
Joseph Capel Smyth

February 1830
Inch, County Cork, Ireland
Died14 August 1914 (aged 84)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityIrish Australian
OccupationPastoralist, Company director

Joseph Capel Smyth (February 1838 – 14 August 1914) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Smyth was born in 1830 in Inch, County Cork, Ireland to Jonas Smyth and his wife Mary (née Capel) and educated at Riordan's Classical School, Cloyne.[1] When he was around 31 years of age he travelled to Queensland and, in conjunction with Thomas McIlwraith, managed several properties.[2] He later became a Company director of the Darling Downs and Western Land Co and the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Co.[1]

Appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in May 1882, Smyth served for twenty-eight years before resigning in July 1910.[1] Smyth died in 1914 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "PERSONAL". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 15 August 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ Smyth Joseph Capel Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 11 March 2015.