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Francis Drummond Greville Stanley (1839—1897) was an architect in
Queensland
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, Australia. He was the
Queensland Colonial Architect
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. Many of his designs are now
heritage-listed
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buildings.
Early life
Stanley was born in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland, on 1 January 1839, the son of actor and painter Montague Talbot Stanley and his wife Mary Susan (née Eyre).
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Stanley studied and practised architecture in Edinburgh, prior to emigrating to Brisbane in 1861–2. There, he joined the Lands Department in 1863 and became the chief clerk of works, under the Colonial Architect ]Charles Tiffin
Charles Tiffin (1833–1873) was an English architect, who spent most of his career in Queensland, Australia where he held the post of Queensland Colonial Architect.
Early life
He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England where he studied und ...
.
On 27 April 1865, he married Margaret Bennet at Toowoomba
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.
His younger brother, Henry Charles Stanley, was also an early immigrant to Queensland, becoming the Chief Engineer of the Queensland railways. His niece, Gwendolyn Stanley was an artist.
Career
Stanley was himself appointed to the post of Queensland Colonial Architect in July 1873. He held the post until 1881.
Works
* 1872: General Post Office, Brisbane
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* 1873: Roma Street railway station
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, Brisbane
* 1874: the first Cape Capricorn Light
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, near Rockhampton
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* 1877: Maryborough Courthouse
* 1879: Supreme Court of Queensland
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The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to he ...
, Brisbane
* 1879: Queensland National Bank
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History
In 1872, the bank was established in Brisbane.
In December 1914, the bank had its head office in Brisbane with branches throughout Queensland at Allora, Aramac, A ...
(former), Townsville
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* 1880: Toowoomba Post Office
* 1882: Australian Joint Stock Bank Building, Maryborough
*1882: Queensland Club
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* 1883: the rectory of Christ Church, Milton
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, Brisbane
* 1884: Union Bank of Australia (now Perc Tucker Regional Gallery), Townsville
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*1884: first Lennons Hotel in Brisbane
* 1888: Australian Joint Stock Bank Building
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(former), Townsville
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* 1889: Tighnabruaich, Indooroopilly, a residence built for his brother, Henry.[
* 1893: St Ann's Industrial School, now part of ]All Hallows' School
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, Brisbane
Later years
Stanley was interested in astronomy and built an observatory at his home. It was equipped with a powerful telescope, housed under a retractable roof. He used this to observe the transit of Mercury
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, in November 1894.
In August 1896, Stanley took up government employment again as an Inspector of Works.[
Stanley died of ]tuberculosis
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on Friday 28 May 1897, at his home ''Ardencraig'' in Church Street - later Jephson Street - in the Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people.
Geography
Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills w ...
district of Brisbane. With classic symptoms of extrapulmonary TB, he had caught a chill three weeks previously, which developed into a paralysis of his lower body. He was buried in Toowong Cemetery
Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1866 and formally opened in 1875. It is Queensland's largest ceme ...
.
His widow Margaret died on 14 September 1921 at ''Witherslack'', Chelmer and was buried in the Anglican Cemetery of St. Matthews, in neighbouring Sherwood
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.
References
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Architects from Brisbane
1839 births
1897 deaths
Burials at Toowong Cemetery
19th-century Australian architects
Francis Drummond Greville Stanley buildings
Architects from Edinburgh
Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia