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周zhoū六liù 8 9月yuè 1900 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 11 - DEATH OF MR. HENRY MORT, M.L.C.

DEATH OF MR. HENRY MORT,

M.L.C.

A RESPECTED COLONIST.

The death is announced of the Hon. Henry Mort,
M.L.C, which took place at his residence, Anglesea,
Ocean-street, Woollahra, on Thursday evening,
after a brief illness of only a few days, at the
advanced age of 81 years. The immediate cause
of death was pneumonia. The name of Mort has
been associated with the commercial and pastoral
pursuits of the colony from the early days of its
history. The deceased gentleman, who was a son
of Mr. Jonathan Mort, was born at Willowfield,
Bolton (Lancashire), on December 23, 1818. After
receiving his education in Manchester, England, he
came to Australia in the year 1840, when quite a
young man, and at once began his colonial career in
pastoral pursuits, and shortly afterwards proceeded
to Moreton Bay, then New South Wales, which has
since been formed into the colony of Queensland.
Mr. Mort remained in the district of Moreton Bay for
about 14 years, during which period he saw both
success and reverses, the latter being brough about
principally through droughts. As one of the
pioneers of Queensland, he was familiar
with the country in which he had been engaged for so
long. In the year 1855 the late Mr. Mort came to
Sydney, and subsequently became associated with the
wool-broking line of Mort and Co., which had been
founded by bis brother, Mr. T. S. Mort, some 12
years previously. Upon the formation of the business
into a limited liability company under the name of
Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, the deceased
became a director and subsequently the adviser to the
firm in the colony. Other commercial houses occu-
pied portions of his time and attention, while he was
also a member of the directorate of several of the
leading insurance and other societies, including the
Liverpool, London, and Globe Fire and Life, the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States, the Alliance Marine, the Mercantile Bank,
the Australasian Investment Company, &c. He was
also one of the active promoters of the Sydney Meat-

preserving Company, of which he was a director at

the time of his decease.

Although a man of great business capacity the late
Mr. Mort also devoted a portion of his time to
politics, and in the early sixties occupied a seat in
the Parliament of New South Wales. His first Par-
liamentary experience was gained in June, 1859,
when he was elected to represent West Moreton, but
on the separation of Queensland Mr. Mort vacated his
seat and was immediately afterwards returned for
West Macquarie, which seat he held for some time,
and during which he was associated with Sir Daniel
Cooper, the late Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Stuart
Donaldson, the Rev. J. D. Lang, and others. The
late Mr. Mort subsequently contested the Paddington
electorate, when he was defeated by Mr. John
Sutherland, who for many years represented the
district. In 1881 the late Mr. Mort was appointed
a life member of the Legislative Council, and re-
tained his seat until the time of his death, although
for some time past he had not been a very regular
attendant at the chamber through advancing
years. The deceased gentleman was of a
charitable disposition, of which his own
immediate personal friends knew most. His
generous gift of the sum of £3000 towards the erec-
tion of All Saints' Church, Woollahra, might be
mentioned as one of his kindly acts. The deceased
was twice married, his first wife being the daughter
of Commissary-General Laidley (1846), and the
second the widow of the late Dr. R. Traill (1878).
The deceased gentleman leaves a widow and five
children, viz., the Rev. H. Wallace Mort, M.A.
(rector of All Saints, Woollahra), Mr. Arthur Mort,
Miss E. S. Mort, Mrs. E. K. Crace (of Gungahleen,
Jinnindera, Yass), and Mrs. Hutton (wife of the
Rev. F. C. H. Hutton, of Witherslack, Westmore-

land.

The funeral will take place to-day at St. Jude's
Cemetery, Randwick, the cortege leaving All Saints'
Church, Woollahra, at 2.15 p.m.

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