William Sheffield Paul was the son of Edward Paul and Jane (née Sheffield) and attended City of London School in England. He migrated to Sydney in 1853 and commenced business with his brother as general merchants under E & W Paul. He migrated in 1862 to Queensland, became involved in Glendarriwill Station, Springsure;[2] and became General shipping manager for Associated Collieries Newcastle, and from 1878; Manager for William Sloane & Co, Brisbane; he was involved in dividing runs commissioner under Crown Lands Act of 1884, Queensland; New South Wales government run appraiser, 1887.
Politicsedit
Paul was a member for Leichhardt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1879 and then again from 1888 to 1893.[1][3]
Later lifeedit
Paul was re-appointed as runs commissioner in Queensland, 1894 - 1897; then Clerk to the Queensland Government Agency, London, 1898 - 1902.[4] He married Maria Smith on 1 July 1899 and they had a son and a daughter.
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william, sheffield, paul, 1832, 1902, politician, queensland, australia, member, queensland, legislative, assembly, william, paulmember, queensland, legislative, assembly, leichhardtin, office, november, 1878, 1879serving, with, john, scottpreceded, bycharles,. William Sheffield Paul 1832 1902 was a politician in Queensland Australia He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1 William PaulMember of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for LeichhardtIn office 14 November 1878 24 Mar 1879Serving with John ScottPreceded byCharles HalySucceeded byJohn MacFarlaneIn office 5 May 1888 20 May 1893Preceded byCharles DuttonSucceeded byHerbert HardacrePersonal detailsBornWilliam Sheffield PaulOctober 1832London EnglandDied30 November 1902 aged 69 or 70 Deal Kent EnglandNationalityEnglish AustralianSpouseMaria Smith m 1899 OccupationPastoralist Contents 1 Early life 2 Politics 3 Later life 4 ReferencesEarly life editWilliam Sheffield Paul was the son of Edward Paul and Jane nee Sheffield and attended City of London School in England He migrated to Sydney in 1853 and commenced business with his brother as general merchants under E amp W Paul He migrated in 1862 to Queensland became involved in Glendarriwill Station Springsure 2 and became General shipping manager for Associated Collieries Newcastle and from 1878 Manager for William Sloane amp Co Brisbane he was involved in dividing runs commissioner under Crown Lands Act of 1884 Queensland New South Wales government run appraiser 1887 Politics editPaul was a member for Leichhardt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1879 and then again from 1888 to 1893 1 3 Later life editPaul was re appointed as runs commissioner in Queensland 1894 1897 then Clerk to the Queensland Government Agency London 1898 1902 4 He married Maria Smith on 1 July 1899 and they had a son and a daughter Paul died on 30 November 1902 4 References edit a b Part 2 15 Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860 2017 and the Legislative Council 1860 1922 PDF Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015 2017 The 55th Parliament Queensland Parliament Archived from the original on 26 April 2020 Retrieved 13 December 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Glendarriwill Station Glendarriwill Station Queensland Australia Oceania travelingluck com Retrieved 8 February 2016 Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860 2017 PDF Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012 2017 The 55th Parliament Queensland Parliament Archived from the original PDF on 27 April 2020 Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b Paul William Sheffield Former Members Register Queensland Parliament Retrieved 8 February 2016 Parliament of Queensland Preceded byCharles Haly Member for Leichhardt1878 1879 Served alongside John Scott Succeeded byJohn MacFarlane Preceded byCharles Dutton Member for Leichhardt1888 1893 Succeeded byHerbert Hardacre nbsp This article about an Australian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Sheffield Paul amp oldid 1201692316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
