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- [S3044] Warwick Daily News (Qld. : 1919 -1954), Obituary Mr. Colin Huxley.
Mr. Colin Huxley
With the death recently of
Mr. Colin Stanley Huxley, the
Warwick district lost one of
its most prominent citizens
over many years.
The., late Mr. Huxleyfwas
born at Richmond (N.S.W.)
in 1879 and educated at the
Richmond! school f and
Hawkesbury Agricultural Col-
lege. He arrived in Warwick
in 1899, and decided to stay
here although his original in-
tention had been to go north.
One of the first business men
he met in Warwick was the
late Mr. James De Conlay,
who offered him a position.
After being with the firm for
several years he was appoint-
ed manager of the grocery,
ironmongery and produce de-
partments in succession to
the late Mr., Dingwall, who
had fcommenced in business
on his own account.
Several years after his mar
riage to a daughter of the late.
Thomas Hall, author .of the
book on Warwick's early his-
tory, Mr. Huxley, commenced
ln business on; his own ac-
count and was doing remark-
ably well when he had the
misfortune to be burnt out. He
then, moved to Mt. Sturt
where he combined produce
buying with farming pursuits,
having purchased a property
at Loch Lomond In later
years he retired and1 took-up
residence in Warwick.
For many years he was
closely associated with the
Queensland State Wheat
Board, the Eastern Downs. H.
and A. Association as a com-
mitteeman, and the Warwick,
Caledonian Society of which
he was a life- member - his
mother was born in Inverness
(Scotland). He was also, a life
member of the ambulance
brigade. He was local organ-
iser of the West Moreton and
Darling Downs exhibit at the
Sydney Show for a number of
years and also judged, the
produce and vegetable sec
tions at a number of Downs
shows. An expert in trotting
events, he acted as handicap-
per for a wide circuit of
Downs shows.
Mr. Huxley took an active
interest in most sports and
was a member of the Warwick
Bowling Club for years.
His grandfather, the late
Thomas Huxley, eminent
British scientist and general
biologist of note in the 19th
century, was 23-year-old as-
sistant surgeon on the sur-
veying ship H.M.S. Rattle-
snake which left Sydney on
April 29, 1848 to survey the
inner passage between the
Great Barrier Reef and the
mainland. Thomas Huxley
was awarded a Fellowship of
the Royal Society at the early,
age of 25, and the society's
Royal Medal at the almost
unprecedented age of. 27. The
late Mr. Colin Huxiey was also
a second cousin of Professor;
Julian Huxley.
Deceased leaves a widow,
two sons (Mr. C. B. Huxley,
Warwick), Mr. T. A. Huxley,
New Guinea) and one
daughter (Mrs. G. Cham-
pion, Sydney).
- [S13] WWW, https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-195757580/lorna-enjoyed-a-wonderful-long-life.
Article excerpt
Lorna Margaret Jane Champion (nee Huxley)
September 15 1911-January 22 2009.
THE death occurred in Sydney on January 22 of Lorna Margaret Jane Champion (nee Huxley), widow of the late Dr Geoffrey Champion, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Colin Stanley Huxley, grand-daughter of the late Thomas and Jane Hall, (pioneers in the Warwick district in the time of the Leslie brothers), mother and mother-in-law of Dr and Mrs G. David Champion, Mr and Mrs Rod James (Sue) and Warwick and Rosemary Champion, (Longway, Longreach) and grandmother and great-grandmother of their families, sister and sister-in-law of the late Mr and Mrs Colin Beresford Huxley, and the late Major and Mrs Thomas Aubrey Huxley, cousin of Mr and Mrs Max Hall and family, dear aunt of Mrs Jill Doyle (nee Huxley)and Mrs Helen Hengstberger (nee Huxley), also many other relatives in the Warwick and Darling Downs district.
Aunt Margaret was born on September 15, 1911, at the Warwick District Hospital.
Margaret Jane were her grandmother's names and her maternal grandparents were from Aberdeen.
Thomas Hall, her maternal grandfather, wrote the book The Early History of Warwick District and Pioneers of the Darling Downs.
Her father, Colin Huxley, was descended from Thomas Huxley, third fleet convict and called Tom Ugly by local Aborigines around Sydney.
Thomas Huxley married Ann Forbes, first fleet convict Lorna, the name by which Margaret was known in younger days, grew up on a property called The Wattles, at Mt Sturt, 20km east of Warwick with her parents and her brothers Beres and Aubrey. …
- [S3038] Queensland Birth Index, 1911/C/13982.
Birth registration:
Lorna Margaret Jane Huxley
Birth date:15/09/1911
Mother's name:Lily Hall
Father/parent's name:Colin Stanley Huxley
Registration details:1911/C/13982
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Name: Lorna Margaret Huxley
Gender: Female
Electoral Date: 1933
Electoral Place: Parramatta, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Name: Launa Lorna Margaret Champion
Death Date: 22 Jan 2009
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
Burial or Cremation Place: North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio?: N
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...
- [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, CHAMPION Lorna Margaret (Margaret) Death notice 22JAN2009 Death 97 late of Windsor Gardens, Chatswood, formerly of Merrylands Sydney Morning Herald 24JAN2009.
- [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 27 Jul 1935 Page 14 Family Notices.
ENGAGEMENTS.
The engagement is announced of Lorna Margaret
only daughter of Mr and Mrs C S Huxley
of Warwick Queensland to Dr C G Champion
son of Mrs I M Champion of Merrylands
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Name: Lorna Margaret Jane Huxley
Spouse Name: Charles Geoffrey Champion
Marriage Date: 20 Nov 1935
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1935
Registration Number: 005039
Page Number: 1634
- [S3044] Warwick Daily News (Qld. : 1919 -1954), Sat 23 Nov 1935 Page 3 Family Notices.
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