John Clarke Foote (1822–1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the

Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to ...

Early life

John Clarke Foote was born on 10 July 1822 in

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, Wiltshire, England, the son of Joseph Foote (a hat maker) and his wife Elizabeth (née Clarke). In January 1848, his father Joseph emigrated to

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(Tasmania) as an agent of the Van Dieman's Land Colonial Mission Society and was appointed the resident

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minister at

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within a few weeks of his arrival. Unfortunately, on 10 September 1848 Joseph died after being seized with an

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while preaching the divine service. John immigrated with his mother Elizabeth, his wife Mary Ann, his brother

James Foote James Foote (1829 - 1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Borough of Ipswich. Early life James Foote was born on 2 March 1829 in either Frampton Cotterell, G ...

and 3 sisters, Clarissa, Lucy and Harriet on the ''Emigrant'' arriving in

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on 12 August 1850. During the voyage, there was an outbreak of

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and around 20 people died. The ship on arrival in Moreton Bay was placed under quarantine, and was not brought into Brisbane until 28 September 1850.

Business

John Clarke Foote came to

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in about 1852 where he worked as a manager in the general store owned by

Benjamin Cribb Benjamin Cribb (7 November 1807 – 11 March 1874) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an unaligned Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term in 1858–1859 and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Asse ...

. In 1853, Benjamin Cribb married Clarissa Foote, the sister of John Clarke Foote. In 1854, Benjamin Cribb and John Clarke Foote went into partnership as

Cribb & Foote Cribb & Foote was a department store in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, that existed from 1849 until 1985. It was renamed Reid's department store in 1977. Early history Ipswich businessman, Benjamin Cribb opened a drapery store in 1849 and e ...

, creating the major department store that stood on the corner of Bell and Brisbane Streets.

Politics

John Clarke Foote was appointed as a lifetime

Member of the Queensland Legislative Council Following are lists of members of the Queensland Legislative Council: * 1860–1869 * 1870–1879 * 1880–1889 * 1890–1899 *1900–1909 The 1900s may refer to: * 1900s (decade), the decade from 1900 to 1909 * The century from 1900 to 1999, al ...

on 12 May 1877, an appointment that ended with his death on 18 August 1895.

Later life

John Clarke Foote died on 18 August 1895 at his residence on the corner of Thorn and South Streets, Ipswich and was buried in

Ipswich General Cemetery The Ipswich General Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is the second oldest cemetery in Queensland. It is owned by Ipswich City Council, but the council have outsourced the day-to-day operations to a private c ...

.General Section
– Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 18 February 2015. He had been suffering from brain disease for the previous 9 months and it had become acute in the previous 6 weeks.

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* Obituary: {{DEFAULTSORT:Foote, John Clarke Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1822 births 1895 deaths People from Calne English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians Pre-Separation Queensland