Copeland was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Aged 18 years, he arrived in Williamstown, Victoria and spent around 15 years on the goldfields as a digger, farmer and contractor.[2] In 1863 he visited England where he married Hannah née Beecroft on 20 April. He would later marry her sister Mary and had 4 sons and 7 daughters from both marriages. He moved to New South Wales in 1872.
Copeland was elected unopposed to the New South Wales Mining Board in 1874.[2] He entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and represented six different seats between 1877 and 1900.[2]
henry, copeland, politician, henry, copeland, june, 1839, june, 1904, member, south, wales, legislative, assembly, henry, copeland, 1880copeland, born, hull, yorkshire, england, aged, years, arrived, williamstown, victoria, spent, around, years, goldfields, di. Henry Copeland 6 June 1839 22 June 1904 was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1 Henry Copeland 1880Copeland was born in Hull Yorkshire England Aged 18 years he arrived in Williamstown Victoria and spent around 15 years on the goldfields as a digger farmer and contractor 2 In 1863 he visited England where he married Hannah nee Beecroft on 20 April He would later marry her sister Mary and had 4 sons and 7 daughters from both marriages He moved to New South Wales in 1872 Copeland was elected unopposed to the New South Wales Mining Board in 1874 2 He entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and represented six different seats between 1877 and 1900 2 He was briefly Secretary for Public Works in the Stuart ministry appointed in January 1883 defeated in the resulting ministerial by election and was returned to the assembly at the East Sydney by election held the following week before resigning from the ministry in March 1883 following a speech he made whilst intoxicated at the St Patrick s day banquet 1 He was Secretary for Lands in the Jennings ministry from February 1886 to January 1887 In October 1891 when the third Dibbs ministry Government was formed he was again appointed Secretary for Lands from October 1891 until August 1894 3 He was appointed Agent General for New South Wales in London in May 1900 serving until 18 July 1903 1 Copeland died in Twickenham London England on 22 June 1904 1904 06 22 aged 65 survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters 1 His brother was the Rev G D Copeland of St Stephen s London References edit a b c d Rutledge Martha Copeland Henry 1839 1904 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Retrieved 3 December 2013 a b c The Hon Henry Copeland 1839 1904 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 23 May 2019 Mennell Philip 1892 Copeland Hon Henry The Dictionary of Australasian Biography London Hutchinson amp Co via Wikisource Parliament of New South WalesPolitical officesPreceded byJohn Lackey Secretary for Public WorksJanuary March 1883 Succeeded byFrancis WrightPreceded byGerald Spring Secretary for Lands1886 1887 Succeeded byThomas GarrettPreceded byJames Brunker Secretary for Lands1891 1894 Succeeded byJoseph CarruthersNew South Wales Legislative AssemblyPreceded byRobert Forster Member for Goldfields North1877 1880 AbolishedPreceded bySamuel Terry Member for New England1880 1882 With William Proctor Succeeded byJames FarnellPreceded byWilliam Foster Joseph Mitchell Member for Newtown1882 1883 With Frederick Gibbes Succeeded byJoseph MitchellPreceded byJohn McElhone Member for East Sydney1883 1887 With Edmund BartonGeorge Griffiths George ReidGeorge Reid Sydney Burdekin Succeeded byWilliam McMillanJohn StreetPreceded byWilliam Proctor Member for New England1887 1894 With James Inglisnone Edmund Lonsdale AbolishedNew district Member for Armidale1894 1895 Succeeded byEdmund LonsdalePreceded byRichard Meagher Member for Sydney Phillip1895 1900 Succeeded byDaniel O ConnorDiplomatic postsPreceded bySir Julian Salomons Agent General for New South Wales1900 1903 Succeeded byThe Earl of Jersey Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Copeland politician amp oldid 1189609876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
