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• PARKES, Sir Henry (1815-1896) — statesman was born at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, on 27 May 1815. His father, Thomas Parkes, was a small tenant farmer. Of his mother little is known, but when she died in 1842 Parkes could say of her that he felt as if a portion of this… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

• Henry Parkes — Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was an Australian statesman, the Father of Federation. As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the then colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he is… …   Wikipedia

• Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston — Lord Palmerston and Henry Temple redirect here. For the peerage, see Viscount Palmerston; for the Congressman from Pennsylvania, see Henry Wilson Temple. Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name=The Viscount Palmerston… …   Wikipedia

• Australian peers — Australians, then being British subjects, were originally eligible to receive British Imperial Honours. Such honours included peerages, which at that time were all hereditary and automatically meant membership of the House of Lords neither of… …   Wikipedia

• Australia — • Includes history, education, and religious statistics Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Australia     Australia     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• WENTWORTH, William Charles (1792-1872) — statesman was born at Norfolk Island, apparently during the latter part of 1792 (A. C .V. Melbourne, who consulted the Norfolk Island returns at the colonial office). His father was D Arcy Wentworth, who belonged to an Irish branch of the well… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography