Robert Copland LETHBRIDGE

1838 - 1919  (81 years)

• Name	Robert Copland LETHBRIDGE
  Birth	11 Sep 1838	Werrington, Penrith, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	635
  _UID	899F3AECAD1B43928D8F113218706BDC1921
  Death	31 Oct 1919	Forest Vale, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Burial	Mitchell General Cemetery, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  Notes	Obituary in The Pastoral Review of 16 December 1919: There died recently at Forest Vale Station, Mitchell, Q., one of Queensland's oldest pioneers in the person of Mr. Robert Copland Lethbridge, at the old age of 81 years. He came of a good old Devonshire family, and was closely connected with the King family, of New South Wales, the late Honourable Phillip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, who died in 1808, being his maternal grandfather. He was educated at the King's School, Parramatta. He died at his homestead, where he had lived almost continuously since 1870. In his early days he managed Ridges Station, Gippsland, Victoria, for Messrs. John King and Co. Later he did a large amount of droving in the eastern States of Australia, and finally settled at Forest Vale, a cattle station of that time of 525 square miles, which at times ran up to 15,000 head, but which recently, being largely resumed, carried about 6000 head. He took an active part in local government, and was a member of all the district bodies, and for a long time was chairman of the Leichhardt Rabbit Board. He was a popular and highly respected man, and his homestead was noted far and wide for its abundant hospitality. He had six sons and four daughters, three of the former having done well on active service during the war.
  Person ID	I635	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert Copland LETHBRIDGE,   b. Abt 1797, Madford, Launceston, Cornwall d. 5 Oct 1865 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Mary KING,   b. 1 Feb 1805, Sydney, Australia d. 5 Oct 1865 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1826	Christ Church, St Marylebone, London, England   [4]
  	Married by license. Robert Copland Lethbridge of Grays Inn in the County of Middlesex which is extra Parochial, bachelor and Mary King, spinster of the District-Rectory of Christ Church, St Mary le bone. Both signed, Witnesses Richard Preston, Elithabeth King.
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Minter,   b. 29 Sep 1844, Folkestone, Kent d. 15 Jul 1902, Forest Vale, Queensland, Australia (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1863	Trinity Church, Barrabool, Victoria, Australia   [5, 6]
  	Robert a grazier of Queensland JP.
  Children	1. Robert Copland LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1864, Mt Moriac, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1 Apr 1864, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)   2. Christopher Minter LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1865, Rosedale, Victoria, Australia d. 1872, Victoria, Australia (Age 7 years)   3. Mary Ann Eleanor LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1866, Rosedale, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Jan 1936, Queensland, Australia (Age 70 years)   4. Harriett Ella Sibella LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1868, Victoria, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Copland King LETHBRIDGE,   b. 18 Jul 1867, Rosedale, Victoria, Australia d. 29 Aug 1932, Mitchell, Queensland, Australia (Age 65 years)   6. Robert Luxmore LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1870, Rosedale, Victoria, Australia d. 5 Feb 1931, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)   7. Elizabeth Maude Sarah LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1871, Rosedale, Victoria, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   8. Arthur Forrest LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1873, Victoria, Australia d. 22 Oct 1944, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years)   9. Flora Josepha LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1874, Queensland, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   10. Christopher Charles Minter LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1875, Queensland, Australia d. 21 Feb 1876, Queensland, Australia (Age 1 year)   11. George Frederic LETHBRIDGE,   b. 1878, Queensland, Australia d. 26 Mar 1946, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)   12. Robert Copland LETHBRIDGE,   b. 3 Oct 1881, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia d. 3 Dec 1967, Clermont, Queensland, Australia (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=932338. [S173] http://oa.anu.edu.au/uploads/obituaries/596/lethbridge_robert_obit_1919.pdf, Obituary was published in The Pastoral Review on 16 December 1919. (Reliability: 3). [S175] http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=5350389. [S88] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S45] Pioneer Index, Victoria, from Margaret Young April 2008. [S120] Family Notices. (1863, April 21). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 10. Retrieved October 5, 2010, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28620738.