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Australian politician
Henry Frampton Anstey
(1822 ? 8 July 1862) was a politician in colonial
Tasmania
, a nominee member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council
and later an elected member of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
.
[1]
Anstey was born in
Devon
,
England
,
[1]
son of son of Thos. Anstey, of Anstey Burton, Tasmania.
[2]
On 31 October 1851 Anstey was elected to the seat of Oatlands in the
unicameral
Tasmanian Legislative Council; Anstey was elected to the first Tasmanian House of Assembly for
Oatlands
on 4 September 1856.
[1]
Anstey was Secretary for Lands and Works in the first Tasmanian Ministry from November 1856 to February 1857. Having been received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1842, he was created a Knight of St. Gregory by
Pope Pius IX
., and by special privilege was buried in the
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
at
Rome
, where he resided for two years prior to his death on 8 July 1862, at the age of forty.
[2]
He was Roman correspondent of the London
Tablet
during his stay in the Eternal City, and was brother of Mr.
T. Chisholm Anstey
, the well-known and eccentric Indian publicist and member of the House of Commons.
[2]
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