Francis Henry Shadforth (1831–1914)
Francis Shadforth, n.d.
from Pastoral Review, 16 March 1915
Mr. Francis Henry Shadforth, who died recently at Mount Garnet, North Queensland, was in his 84th year, and of the third generation of colonists. His grandfather, Colonel Shadforth, fought at Albuera, and arrived in New South Wales early last century, while his father was for many years Usher of the Black Rod in the New South Wales Assembly.
The late Mr. Shadforth owned Myrhea and Gavell's Plains cattle station, Victoria, in the sixties and seventies, and in later years became the owner of Barkly Downs, on the Barkly Tableland, in the Northern Territory, and Lilydale, on the Gregory River, Burketown. He was a crack steeplechase rider, and a great "overlander." As an example of his overlanding propensities, in 1880, accompanied by his wife and eleven children, he journeyed from Beechworth, in Victoria, to Lilydale, Burketown, Northern Queensland, encountering both floods and droughts en route.
Mr. Shadforth leaves six sons and two daughters. Two of the former served in the Boer war; the elder (Ernest) won the D.S.O., and is now in Argentina. His second son, Tudor, was speared by blacks in Western Australia while prospecting for gold.
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Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Shadforth, Mary Anne (mother)
- Shadforth, Henry John (father)
- Stephen, Caroline Sibella (sister)
- Stephen, Frances Esther (aunt)
- Robison, Sibella Milner (aunt)
- Remmington, Clara (aunt)
- Stephen, Sidney (uncle)
- Stephen, John (uncle)
- Stephen, Alfred (uncle)
- Stephen, Francis Pasmore (uncle)
- Shadforth, Robert William (uncle)
- Stephen, George Milner (uncle)
- Stephen, Virginia (aunt by marriage)
- Stephen, Frances Esther (aunt by marriage)
- Stephen, Eleanor Martha (aunt by marriage)
- Stephen, Mary (aunt by marriage)
- Shadforth, Frances (grandmother)
- Stephen, Mary Anne (grandmother)
- Shadforth, Thomas (grandfather)
- Stephen, John (grandfather)
- Stephen, Sidney James (cousin)
- Stephen, Hamilton Farish (cousin)
- Stephen, Francis John (cousin)
- Stephen, Percival Sydney (cousin)
- Stephen, Clara (cousin)
- Stephen, Alfred Hamilton (cousin)
- Stephen, Montagu Consett (cousin)
- Stephen, Matthew Henry (cousin)
- Stephen, Henry George (cousin)
- Robison, Edwin Australia (cousin)
- Huthwaite, Frances Sophia (cousin)
- Hewlett, Clara Virginia (cousin)
- Leslie, Jessie Maria (cousin)
- Stephen, Francis Henry (cousin)
- Stephen, Charles Thomas (cousin)
- Stephen, Edward Milner (cousin)
- Stephen, Cecilia Boon (cousin)
- Stephen, William Wilberforce (cousin)
- Stephen, Thomas William (cousin)
- Stephen, Emily (cousin)
- Stephen, Eleanor Elizabeth (cousin)
- Stephen, Cecil Bedford (cousin)
- Stephen, Harold Wilberforce (cousin)
- Stephen, Septimus Alfred (cousin)
- Stephen, Saidee (cousin)
- Stephen, Alice Mary (cousin)
- Stephen, Ernest Farish (cousin)
- Stephen, Octavius (cousin)
- Bedford, Agnes Victoria (cousin)
- Severn, Mary (cousin)
- Stephen, Evelyn A. (cousin)
Citation details
'Shadforth, Francis Henry (1831–1914)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/shadforth-francis-henry-902/text903, accessed 31 December 2024.
Francis Shadforth, n.d.
from Pastoral Review, 16 March 1915
Life Summary [details]
Birth
Death
21 December,
1914
(aged ~ 83)
Mount Garnet,
Queensland,
Australia