Frederick Lord (8 November 1841 – 5 December 1914) was a member of the

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Biography

Lord was born at Avoca,

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, the son of Simeon Lord and his wife Sarah (née Birch). He was educated at Blackhealth Proprietary School and King's school in London. He worked as an

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on the Great Northern Railway in England. After arriving back in Australia he was an engineer on the Central Queensland railway before working as a surveyor on the

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. He then acquired a series of runs across southern Queensland. Lord was a director of the

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and Moreheads Ltd. In 1868 Lord married Mary Da Costa Warner (died 1925)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 21 April 2016. and together had two sons and two daughters. He died in

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in December 1914 and was buried in the

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.Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

Public life

Lord was a member of the

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Mining Court, the Marsupial Board in Esk and chairman of the

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. At the Queensland colonial elections of 1893, Lord won the seat of

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, defeating the sitting member,

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. He held the seat until

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when he was defeated by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lord, Frederick Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1841 births 1914 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery