Peter Snodgrass

Peter Snodgrass (29 September 1817 – 25 November 1867) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and later, of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] [2]

Snodgrass was born in Portugal and arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, with his parents Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass (later Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales) and Janet, née Wright, in December 1828.[2] Peter Snodgrass travelled overland as a pioneer to the Port Phillip District in 1838, becoming a successful pastoralist in what became the state of Victoria.[1]

Snodgrass was elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Council on 13 September 1851.[3] and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in 1856. Snodgrass was then elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly and remained so until his death.[2]

In 1846 he married Charlotte Agnes Cotton, daughter of pastoralist and ornithologist John Cotton. Charlotte survived him with six sons and three daughters. One daughter married Major-General F. G. Hughes. The eldest daughter, Janet Marian, married Sir William Clarke. Snodgrass died in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, of a heart aneurism.[2]

References

  1. "Snodgrass, Peter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  2. Gross, Alan. "Snodgrass, Peter (1817–1867)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 23 June 2014 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria. II.
Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour
1851–1856
Served alongside: Patrick O'Brien (from 1853)
Original Council abolished
Victorian Legislative Assembly
New creation Member for Anglesey
1856–1859
Seat abolished
New creation Member for Dalhousie
1859–1864
Succeeded by
George John Sands
Preceded by
John Johnson
Member for South Gippsland
1864–1867
Succeeded by
Thomas McCombie
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