Charles Bromby | |
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Attorney-General of Tasmania | |
In office 20 July 1876 – 9 August 1877 | |
Preceded by | William Giblin |
Succeeded by | William Giblin |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Hamilton Bromby (1843-07-17)17 July 1843 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
Died | 24 July 1904(1904-07-24) (aged 61) London, England |
Spouse | Mary Ellen Hensman |
Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
Profession | Barrister |
Charles Hamilton Bromby (17 July 1843 – 24 July 1904), BA LCL was anAttorney-General in thecolonialTasmanian government.
Bromby was the second son of Right Rev.Charles Henry Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, by Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late William Hulme Bodley, of Brighton, Sussex. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 17 July 1843, and educated atCheltenham College andSt Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated.
He entered as a student of theInner Temple on 7 June 1864, and was called to the bar on 18 November 1867. He emigrated toTasmania, where he arrived in December 1874, and wasM.H.A. forCentral Launceston from 1876 to 1877, forNorfolk Plains from 1877 to 1878, and subsequently for Richmond. Bromby was Attorney-General in Reibey's Ministry, and a member of theExecutive Council from 20 July 1876, to 9 August 1877.[1] He was admitted a member of the bar ofNew South Wales in 1881; before returning to England, and practising as abarrister in London and on theNorth-Eastern Circuit. He editedSpike's Law of Master and Servant, 3rd edition.[2]
Bromby was a supporter ofIrish home rule and attended theIrish Race Convention in 1896.[3]
Bromby married Mary Ellen Hensman. He died 24 July 1904, in St Marylebone, London, England.