Frederick Innes
Journalist, farmer and politician, Premier of Tasmania
About Frederick Innes
Lived 1816 – 1882 (aged 65). Frederick Innes was a British and Australian politician, journalist, lay preacher, farmer and newspaper editor.
Frederick Maitland Innes (11 August 1816 – 11 May 1882) was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.
The son of Francis Innes, army officer, and his wife Prudence, née Edgerleyan, Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Innes was educated at Heriot's, Edinburgh, and Kelso Grammar School in Kelso. On leaving school he was employed by his uncle, manager of estates for his relation, the Duke of Roxburghe. In 1836, Innes emigrated to Tasmania where he arrived in Hobart in 1837, joining the Hobart Town Courier. In 1838, he married a Miss Sarah Elizabeth (‘Lysbeth’) Grey, the daughter of free settlers.
He died at Launceston on 11 May 1882.
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journalist, farmer and politician, Premier of Tasmania (1816–1882)
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Frederick Innes was born on 11 August 1816 in Canongate.
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Frederick Innes died on 11 May 1882 in Launceston.
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Frederick Innes was a politician, journalist, lay preacher, farmer and newspaper editor.
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Frederick Innes was British and Australian.
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