The Reverend Joseph Boss Williams Woollnough

Member of the House of Assembly of Tasmania
Born
25 February 1834b, Twickenham (Middlesex), England
Died
16 July 1917, Sallwood, Queensland
Sex
Male
Father
Joseph Chappell Woollnough (Capt Royal Navy)
Mother
Sophia Williams (Mrs Haylock)
Married Mary Churchey Powell Bass (Mrs Harden; daughter of Ebenezer George Bass, school principal)

Parliamentary service

Member of the House of Assembly of Tasmania

Degrees

1890Master of Arts (ad eundum gradum)The University of Tasmania

Career

  • Free Trade.
  • Oxon (BA 1856, MA 1859).
  • Ordained as priest CofE Winchester 20 Dec 1857.
  • Arrived in Tas 1883.
  • CofE diocesan insp of schools, Tas 1883-1900.
  • Member of Council, UTas 1898-1902.
  • JP for Tas.

Military service

  • Chaplain Tas militia.

Sources

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