Samuel Blackall

Samuel Wensley Blackall ( born May 1, 1809 in Dublin, † January 2, 1871 in Brisbane ) was an Irish military, politician and the second Governor of Queensland.

He was born in Dublin into a poor Irish family and went with 15 Trinity College, Dublin, but made ​​no statements. In 1827 he joined the 85th ( Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1832 and was lieutenant. After five years of service, he sold his patent in 1833 and joined the Longford Militia as Major at.

Blackall entered 1833 as High Sheriff of Longford County in the focus of public attention in 1861 as High Sheriff of the County Tyrone. Between these positions, he was a member of the House of Commons.

From 1851 to 1857 he served as deputy governor of Dominica. After a few differences with the Colonial Office, he was Governor of Sierra Leone, 1865 Governor-General of the West African settlements, and finally Governor of Queensland from 1868. Blackalls work as Governor of Queensland was dominated by a constitutional crisis and a conflict with the Parliament of Queensland.

In 1870, his health deteriorated rapidly and he died shortly thereafter on January 2, 1871.

The town of Blackall in Queensland was named after him, as well as the Blackall Range and Blackall Terrace in East Brisbane.