Arthur Blyth

The Honourable
Sir Arthur Blyth
KCMG, CB
9th Premier of South Australia
In office
4 August 1864 – 22 March 1865
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Dominick Daly
Preceded byHenry Ayers
Succeeded byFrancis Dutton
In office
10 November 1871 – 22 January 1872
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir James Fergusson
Preceded byJohn Hart
Succeeded bySir Henry Ayers
In office
22 July 1873 – 3 June 1875
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Anthony Musgrave
Preceded bySir Henry Ayers
Succeeded byJames Boucaut
Personal details
Born(1823-03-19)19 March 1823
Birmingham
Died7 December 1891(1891-12-07) (aged 68)
Bournemouth
SpouseJessie Ann Forrest (m. 1850–1891; his death)
OccupationPolitician

Sir Arthur Blyth KCMG, CB (19 March 1823 – 7 December 1891) was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75.

Family

Arthur's younger brother, Neville Blyth, had a significant political career, being first elected to the House of Assembly for the seat of East Torrens in 1860.

Arthur Blyth married Jessie Ann Forrest (1827–21 December 1891), a daughter of Edward Forrest of Birmingham, on 5 March 1850; she died two weeks after her husband.

Recognition

The Hundred of Blyth (SA) in the Mid North of South Australia, and hence the later township of Blyth, was named for him in 1860 by Governor MacDonnell.

The Blyth River in the Northern Territory was named after him by Francis Cadell in 1867. The Hundred of Blyth (NT) was also named for him in 1871.

He was knighted KCMG in 1877 and appointed CB in 1886.

The Hundred of Jessie and possibly the ceased government town of Jessie were named for his wife.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bowes, Keith R. "Blyth, Sir Arthur (1823–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Intercolonial Telegrams". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 February 1885. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Place Names Register Extract – Blyth River". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Honours to Agents-General". Evening Journal. Vol. XVIII, no. 5319. Adelaide. 28 June 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Search results for 'Hundred of Jessie, HD' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Death of the Township of Jessie". The Narracoorte Herald. Vol. LI, no. 5, 462. South Australia. 22 February 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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