Richard Southall (1831 – 4 February 1909) was

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, Australia in 1888.

Personal life

Richard Southall was born in 1831 in

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, London, England, the son of Richard Southall and Margaret (née Manay), and educated in London.Richard Southall, Esq., J.P.,. (14 July 1888). ''Queensland Figaro and Punch'' (Brisbane), p. 20. Retrieved 8 July 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84131035 Richard married Janet Banks Guild, daughter of Robert Guild and Margaret (née McFarlane), at

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in 1852. The family immigrated to Queensland in 1869. On 30 September 1892, Richard Southall was visiting the baths at

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, when a large wave washed him from where he was sitting into deeper water. Not being able to swim, he would have drowned, except that a young clerk, Leon Burguez, jumped in fully clothed and rescued Richard Southall. Leon Burguez received a certificate of merit from the

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for his bravery. Leon Burguez was later to marry Richard Southall's daughter Adelaide Ellen in 1897. Richard Southall died at his residence "Ellesmere", Merivale Street,

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on Thursday 4 February 1909 at Brisbane.Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages in Queensland He was buried in

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Business life

Richard Southall was apprenticed to a

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in London, before entering into business on his own account. After immigrating to Brisbane in 1869, he tried

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on the

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for three years, but eventually decided that building work in Brisbane would be more profitable and entered into a partnership, Southall & Tracey, to resume work as a contractor; the partnership continued until 1877. Richard Southall built many important Queensland buildings, including the

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building in

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Public life

Richard Southall was an

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of the

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from 1885 to 1888. He was mayor in 1888. He served on the following committees:Brisbane City Council Archives * Finance Committee 1885, 1887 * Legislative Committee 1886 * Town Hall Committee 1886, 1887 * Works Committee 1886 * Health Committee 1886, 1887

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Southall, Richard Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane Burials at Toowong Cemetery 1831 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians

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