Personal profile
Born
25 February 1845, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Education
Melbourne Academy (Scotch College) (c.1852-57)
Employment
- public servant
- barrister
- politician
- diplomat
Memberships
- Sydney School of Arts Debating Society (1860-c.75)
- Young Men’s Presbyterian Union (1860s)
- Cobden Club, London (1875-)
- Savage Club, London (1909-18)
Marriage
5 November 1891, Wangaratta, Victoria
Children
- Thelma (c.1893)
- Douglas (1895)
- Clive (1899)
Died
12 September 1918, London
Buried
Putney Vale Cemetery, London
Honours
- Privy Councillor (1897)
- Queen's Counsel (QC; 1898)
- Knight Commander, Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG; 1909)
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG; 1911)
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (GCB; 1916)
Partner
Name
Florence (Flora) Ann Reid
Previous name
Florence Ann Brumby
Born
c.1870
Memberships
Women’s Federal League Sydney (1899)
Died
1 September 1950, Rose Bay, Sydney
Honours
Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (GBE; 1917)
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister: 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
Terms as Member of Parliament:
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- 1880 to 1884, 1885 to 1901 (East Sydney)
- Premier (1894-99)
- House of Representatives
- 9 May 1901 to 24 December 1909 (East Sydney)
- Leader of the Opposition
- 9 May 1901 to 17 August 1904
- 7 July 1905 to 16 November 1908
- House of Commons (UK)
- 10 January 1916 to 12 September 1918 (St George's Hanover Square)
Portfolio
- External Affairs: 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
Political memberships
- Free Trade and Liberal Association New South Wales (1889–91)
- Free Trade Party
- New South Wales leader (c.1891-1901)
- federal parliamentary leader (1901-06)
- Anti-Socialist Party (1906-09)
After office
- High Commissioner to the United Kingdom: 22 January 1910 to 21 January 1916
