Francis Amhurst

Francis Tyssen Amhurst (27 September 1842 – 3 January 1881) was a solicitor and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He attended Eton College and went on to Christ Church University, Oxford.He travelled overseas for two years after completing University and arrived in Queensland 1872.He set up buying various investments and by 1875 he was owner of Foulden Sugar Plantation in Mackay.Hoping a change would help him recuperate, he sailed on the SS Bokhara bound for England, but died at sea on 3 January 1881.
Queensland Legislative AssemblyThomas FitzGeraldHenry BeorMackayMaurice BlackFramlinghamSuffolkEnglandEnglish AustralianAlma materChrist Church, OxfordSolicitorSugar Plantation ownerMember of the Queensland Legislative AssemblyEton CollegeChrist Church University, OxfordQueenslandParliament of Queensland