Henry Beor
Australian politician
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Henry Rogers Beor (7 February 1846 – 25 December 1880) was a politician in colonial Queensland and Attorney-General of Queensland.[1]
Preceded byFrancis Amhurst
Succeeded byPope Alexander Cooper
BornHenry Rogers Beor
7 February 1846
7 February 1846
Swansea, Wales
Died25 December 1880 (aged 34)
On board the SS Rotorua, Tasman Sea
Henry Beor | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bowen | |
| In office 23 April 1877 – 25 December 1880 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Amhurst |
| Succeeded by | Pope Alexander Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Rogers Beor 7 February 1846 Swansea, Wales |
| Died | 25 December 1880 (aged 34) On board the SS Rotorua, Tasman Sea |
| Resting place | Burial at sea |
| Spouse | Marion Taylor |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Early life
Beor was the son of Henry Beor, a solicitor at Swansea, in South Wales. He graduated at Oxford, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1870.[2] In 1875, he went to Queensland, and was admitted to the bar there in the same year.
Politics
Entering the Queensland Legislative Assembly as member for Bowen in 1877,[3] he succeeded the late Mr. Justice Ratcliffe Pring as Attorney-General in the first McIlwraith Ministry in June 1880.[2] He in the same year was made Q.C.