About Sir Richard Linton
Lived 1879 – 1959 (aged 79–80). Sir Richard Linton was a politician.
Sir Richard Linton (10 March 1879 – 21 September 1959) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician.
Linton was born in Palmerston North to land valuer James Linton and Ann née Kibblewhite. They had two sons.
In 1924 Linton established the Big Brother Movement, which gave assisted passage to British youths to work on Australian farms. He was briefly a minister without portfolio in December 1929, In 1933 he resigned from politics to become Agent-General for Victoria in London; he held this position until 1934 and was knighted in 1936. During World War II he was Officer in Charge of the services inquiry and advice bureau. In 1940 and 1948 he unsuccessfully sought pre-selection for the State seat of Toorak. Linton died in East Melbourne in 1959.
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(1879-1959) businessman, philanthropist and politician
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Sir Richard Linton was born on 10 March 1879.
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Sir Richard Linton died in 1959.
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Sir Richard Linton was a politician.
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