Henry Mildred

Henry Richard Mildred
Born (1795-03-09)9 March 1795
Portsea, Hampshire, England
Died 22 March 1877(1877-03-22) (aged 82)
Port Adelaide, South Australia
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Sarah Bowyer
Children Clarissa Martha Margaret Mildred (1821–1870), Hiram Telemachus Mildred (1823–1892), Urania Harriet Mildred (1824–1896), William Henry Mildred (1837–1838), Henry Hay Mildred (1839 – 1920)
member for Noarlunga in the South Australian House of Assembly
In office
1857–1860
member for East Torrens in the South Australian House of Assembly
In office
1860–1865
South Australian Legislative Council
In office
1866–1871

Henry Richard Mildred (9 March 1795 – 22 March 1877) was a politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia.

History

Mildred was born in Portsea, Hampshire, England.[1] Trained as a shipbuilder, he was contracted by the South Australian Company on the South Australian with David McLaren, arriving at Kangaroo Island on 22 April 1837,[2] to manage the purchase and loading of major machinery which was ultimately used for "Fletcher's Patent Slip", for the Company's flour mill, eventually installed on the Torrens where the Hackney Hotel is now, and for a sawmill which may have been used at Cox's Creek.[3] Mildred was invited to get this equipment running but he demurred, and it lay idle for some time.

The land he selected, on Fourth Creek, and where he lived for the rest of his life, turned out to be quite valuable, and made his fortune.[3]

Politics

He served on the Adelaide Municipal Council from 1841 to 1843. He was one of the colonists who strenuously opposed bringing out boys from the Parkhurst prison. He contested the election for the Legislative Council seat of Burra without success, but in 1850 was appointed to the Main Roads Commission and later that year appointed Justice of the Peace, and in 1858 made a Special Magistrate. In 1851 sat for, but failed to win, one of the first elected positions on the Legislative Council.

He represented Noarlunga in the first House of Assembly from 1857 to 1860, East Torrens from 1860 to 1865, and held a seat in the Legislative Council from 1866 to 1871.

He was appointed a member of the Central Road Board Committee in March 1858 and was appointed Special Magistrate in November 1858.

Family

Four Generations of the Mildred Family; April 1864.

He was married to Elizabeth Sarah, née Bowyer, and had three sons and two daughters:

He died at the home of Dr. Mortimer, Port Adelaide.

Henry's brother George Mildred (c. 1808 – 13 December 1875), arrived in South Australia in 1836 on William Light's ship Rapid with nephew Hiram and settled on Kangaroo Island.

References

  1. Loyau, George E. (1885). Notable South Australians or Colonists Past and Present 1885. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  2. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/prg/PRG307_Mildredfamily_serieslist.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 "Heads of Intelligence". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 24 March 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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