Henry Lamshed

Henry Lamshed (11 April 1836 – 13 June 1918) was a farmer and politician in colonial South Australia.

Lamshed was born near Plymouth, England, a descendent of an old Newton Abbott, Devonshire, family. He emigrated to South Australia on the Lord Hungerford, arriving at Port Adelaide in November 1856,[1] and for several years worked on a farm at McLaren Vale. He established a carrying business at Strathalbyn. He took up land near Maitland when that district was first opened for settlement around 1875, and ran a farm there, "Oakwood", until around 1916, when he retired.

He was a member of the Strathalbyn District Council from 1867[2] and in 1888 was one of the foundation members of the Yorke's Peninsula District Council. He was elected to the seat of Yorke Peninsula in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from April 1890 to April 1893 as a colleague of Harry Bartlett.

He died after several months' illness[3] and was buried in Maitland.

Family

Henry Lamshed married Harriet Johnston (c. 1836 – 28 March 1864); they had two sons. He married again, to Elizabeth Choules (16 May 1838 – 14 June 1897) in November 1864. Her family arrived in S.A. on the Diadem in November 1840; she had a previous marriage to William Spanswick. He married a third time, on 24 February 1898, to Sarah Jane Slade (c. 1850 – 18 July 1938) of Alberton. His children included:

Another South Australian Lamshed family

The surname "Lamshed", rare elsewhere in Australia, was well known in South Australia around Strathalbyn, Maitland, Kadina and Moonta in the late 19th century. Another pioneering Lamshed family may be mentioned here, as they farmed in similar areas around the same time, and may easily be confused. Their relationship, if any, is not yet clear.

Thomas Lamshed (c. 1843 – 28 August 1912) born Bere Alston, Devon, emigrated 1862, lived Strathalbyn, married Elizabeth G(eorge) Bailey (1846 – 20 March 1933), farmed at Echunga, Mount Crawford, Riverton, Maitland, Sunny Vale, retired to Kadina.[11]

  • Clarence Albert Lamshed ( – ) was witness to the WWI death of cousin William Horace Lamshed.[13]


The noted journalist and Red Cross official Maxwell Robert Arthur "Max" Lamshed OBE (5 April 1901 – 25 July 1971) was the only son of A. J. Lamshed of Rendelsham, Robe and Mount Gambier, whose relationship to either of these families is as yet uncertain - his forebears arrived in South Australia in 1856[17] and Max described Will Lamshed (1894–1917) as a "great-uncle".[13]

References

  1. "Shipping Intelligence". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 29 November 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. "District Councils". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 January 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. "Concerning People". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 14 June 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  4. "Mr. Samuel T. Lamshed". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. In Australian English, "dam" may refer to a simple reservoir on a farm or property, fed by a creek or underground source.
  6. "Inquest". The Wallaroo Times and Mining Journal (Port Wallaroo, SA : 1865 - 1881) (Port Wallaroo, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 April 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  7. "Obituary". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 2 June 1923. p. 35. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. "Personal". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 August 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. "Postmaster Dies While Playing Cricket". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 31 October 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 9 October 2015. The reference to a brother dying in similar circumstances has yet to be verified.
  10. "Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  11. "Mr. T. Lamshed". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 7 September 1912. p. 41. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  12. "Obituary". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 8 June 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  13. 1 2 "News from the Front". Red Cross Society. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  14. "Mr Samuel Lamshed.". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 27 October 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  15. "Silver Wedding at Boor's Plains". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 20 October 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  16. "Obituary". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 15 April 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  17. "Personalia". The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954) (Millicent, SA: National Library of Australia). 6 December 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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