About Robert Kermode
Lived 1812 – 1870 (aged 57–58). Robert Kermode was a British politician.
Robert Quayle Kermode (1812 – 4 May 1870) was a British politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council and the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the 1850s and 1860s. In 1852 Godfrey Mundy claimed Kermode to be the richest Manxman in the world, in his book Our Antipodes. Kermode's mansion, Mona Vale, itself was at the time the largest house in Australia.
Life Kermode was born on the Isle of Man. His parents were William Kermode (1780–1852), a merchant and settler from the Isle of Man, and Margaret Kermode (née Quayle). Kermode was then a member of the Assembly for Ringwood from 16 May 1857 to 1859 and again from 17 June 1861 to 1862.
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Who was Robert Kermode?
Tasmanian politician
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Robert Kermode was born in 1812 in Isle of Man.
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Robert Kermode died on 4 May 1870 in Ross, Tasmania.
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Robert Kermode was a politician.
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Robert Kermode was British.
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