Thomas Henty MLC (24 August 1836 – 22 September 1887), was a pastoralist and politician in the early days of

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History

Henty was born in

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the third son of

James Henty James Henty (24 September 1800 – 12 January 1882), was pioneer, merchant and politician in colonial Australia. Early life James Henty was the eldest son of Thomas Henty, a wealthy English land-owner and banker from Tarring, West Sussex. He w ...

, of Victoria's pioneering Henty Brothers, and accompanied his parents to Australia. He was associated with his family's pastoral and mercantile pursuits, first in James Henty and Co. then in its successor Henty and Co. In 1884 he was returned to the Legislative Council as one of a representatives of the Southern Province, defeating John Halfey, but did not take a prominent part in debates. He was a keen race-goer, and ran several horses himself, but with little success. He died at his home in

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after a long illness, during much of which he was obliged to absent himself from parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henty, Thomas 1836 births 1887 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia British emigrants to the Colony of Victoria