Henry Badgery
Politician and stock and station agent in New South Wales, Australia
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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 | |
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Badgery c.1891 | |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro | |
| In office 2 December 1880 – 7 October 1885 | |
| 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 – 9 November 1880 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | James Farnell Sir Henry Parkes |
| Preceded by | Stephen Scholey |
| Succeeded by | James Brunker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Septimus Badgery 9 December 1840 |
| Died | 23 August 1917 (aged 76) |
| 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]
