Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was born in Limerick, Ireland 14 March 1816. He was the first son of Reverend Henry Lefroy, an Anglican priest and vicar of Santry, a suburb on the Northside of Dublin. His mother was Dorothea O'Grady, daughter of John O'Grady of Kilballyowen.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. After graduation he and his brother Gerald de Courcy decided to migrate to Western Australia after a tip from his cousin, Maxwell, about the excellent pastoral country there. They sailed together to Fremantle on the ship Lady Grey to seek their fortunes.
Many of their possessions including all their money, 900 sovereigns (a fortune) fell overboard while they rowed ashore. Luckily a crew member jumped overboard and retrieved everything intact. They arrived at Fremantle on 4 January 1843.
Anthony and his brother started exploring areas around W.A. for good pastoral land. Anthony took up a lease from the crown of about 250,000 acres of valuable land in Walebing in the Victoria Plains. He became a successful Pastoralist (cattle farmer). He was able to live comfortably but he was pressed out of rural retirement and was offered the post of Personal Secretary to Governor Fitzgerald in 1849. He kept the post until 1855 when he rose to the position of Colonial Treasurer.
He kept his job for 34 years until he retired at the introduction of responsible government in W.A. He was also a Clerk of Council, a Chairman for the Board of Education and a Colonial Secretary. He visited England twice and on the second time he became a member of the prestigious Order of St Michael and St George.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy married Mary, in 1852 at St George's Cathedral in Perth. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce, Commandant of the W.A. 16th and 18th Foot. She married him when she was 17. He was 35. Together they had 5 children. He had 2 sons, Henry Bruce, Anthony Langlois, and 3 daughters, Mary, Dorothea Jane and Emily Elizabeth. Henry Bruce became premier of W.A. in 1917. Anthony died at the age of 15 of a gun accident when on a hunting expedition with his great uncle in Ireland.
Anthony O'Grady died 21 January 1897 in Perth. He had been in failing health for 5 years and died from Serous Apoplexy [a stroke?]. His funeral was conducted by the Bishop of Perth and he was buried in East Perth Cemetery. His wife and remaining children survived him and the Lefroy family still remains in Western Australia.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. After graduation he and his brother Gerald de Courcy decided to migrate to Western Australia after a tip from his cousin, Maxwell, about the excellent pastoral country there. They sailed together to Fremantle on the ship Lady Grey to seek their fortunes.
Many of their possessions including all their money, 900 sovereigns (a fortune) fell overboard while they rowed ashore. Luckily a crew member jumped overboard and retrieved everything intact. They arrived at Fremantle on 4 January 1843.
Anthony and his brother started exploring areas around W.A. for good pastoral land. Anthony took up a lease from the crown of about 250,000 acres of valuable land in Walebing in the Victoria Plains. He became a successful Pastoralist (cattle farmer). He was able to live comfortably but he was pressed out of rural retirement and was offered the post of Personal Secretary to Governor Fitzgerald in 1849. He kept the post until 1855 when he rose to the position of Colonial Treasurer.
He kept his job for 34 years until he retired at the introduction of responsible government in W.A. He was also a Clerk of Council, a Chairman for the Board of Education and a Colonial Secretary. He visited England twice and on the second time he became a member of the prestigious Order of St Michael and St George.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy married Mary, in 1852 at St George's Cathedral in Perth. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce, Commandant of the W.A. 16th and 18th Foot. She married him when she was 17. He was 35. Together they had 5 children. He had 2 sons, Henry Bruce, Anthony Langlois, and 3 daughters, Mary, Dorothea Jane and Emily Elizabeth. Henry Bruce became premier of W.A. in 1917. Anthony died at the age of 15 of a gun accident when on a hunting expedition with his great uncle in Ireland.
Anthony O'Grady died 21 January 1897 in Perth. He had been in failing health for 5 years and died from Serous Apoplexy [a stroke?]. His funeral was conducted by the Bishop of Perth and he was buried in East Perth Cemetery. His wife and remaining children survived him and the Lefroy family still remains in Western Australia.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was born in Limerick, Ireland 14 March 1816. He was the first son of Reverend Henry Lefroy, an Anglican priest and vicar of Santry, a suburb on the Northside of Dublin. His mother was Dorothea O'Grady, daughter of John O'Grady of Kilballyowen.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. After graduation he and his brother Gerald de Courcy decided to migrate to Western Australia after a tip from his cousin, Maxwell, about the excellent pastoral country there. They sailed together to Fremantle on the ship Lady Grey to seek their fortunes.
Many of their possessions including all their money, 900 sovereigns (a fortune) fell overboard while they rowed ashore. Luckily a crew member jumped overboard and retrieved everything intact. They arrived at Fremantle on 4 January 1843.
Anthony and his brother started exploring areas around W.A. for good pastoral land. Anthony took up a lease from the crown of about 250,000 acres of valuable land in Walebing in the Victoria Plains. He became a successful Pastoralist (cattle farmer). He was able to live comfortably but he was pressed out of rural retirement and was offered the post of Personal Secretary to Governor Fitzgerald in 1849. He kept the post until 1855 when he rose to the position of Colonial Treasurer.
He kept his job for 34 years until he retired at the introduction of responsible government in W.A. He was also a Clerk of Council, a Chairman for the Board of Education and a Colonial Secretary. He visited England twice and on the second time he became a member of the prestigious Order of St Michael and St George.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy married Mary, in 1852 at St George's Cathedral in Perth. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce, Commandant of the W.A. 16th and 18th Foot. She married him when she was 17. He was 35. Together they had 5 children. He had 2 sons, Henry Bruce, Anthony Langlois, and 3 daughters, Mary, Dorothea Jane and Emily Elizabeth. Henry Bruce became premier of W.A. in 1917. Anthony died at the age of 15 of a gun accident when on a hunting expedition with his great uncle in Ireland.
Anthony O'Grady died 21 January 1897 in Perth. He had been in failing health for 5 years and died from Serous Apoplexy [a stroke?]. His funeral was conducted by the Bishop of Perth and he was buried in East Perth Cemetery. His wife and remaining children survived him and the Lefroy family still remains in Western Australia.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. After graduation he and his brother Gerald de Courcy decided to migrate to Western Australia after a tip from his cousin, Maxwell, about the excellent pastoral country there. They sailed together to Fremantle on the ship Lady Grey to seek their fortunes.
Many of their possessions including all their money, 900 sovereigns (a fortune) fell overboard while they rowed ashore. Luckily a crew member jumped overboard and retrieved everything intact. They arrived at Fremantle on 4 January 1843.
Anthony and his brother started exploring areas around W.A. for good pastoral land. Anthony took up a lease from the crown of about 250,000 acres of valuable land in Walebing in the Victoria Plains. He became a successful Pastoralist (cattle farmer). He was able to live comfortably but he was pressed out of rural retirement and was offered the post of Personal Secretary to Governor Fitzgerald in 1849. He kept the post until 1855 when he rose to the position of Colonial Treasurer.
He kept his job for 34 years until he retired at the introduction of responsible government in W.A. He was also a Clerk of Council, a Chairman for the Board of Education and a Colonial Secretary. He visited England twice and on the second time he became a member of the prestigious Order of St Michael and St George.
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy married Mary, in 1852 at St George's Cathedral in Perth. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce, Commandant of the W.A. 16th and 18th Foot. She married him when she was 17. He was 35. Together they had 5 children. He had 2 sons, Henry Bruce, Anthony Langlois, and 3 daughters, Mary, Dorothea Jane and Emily Elizabeth. Henry Bruce became premier of W.A. in 1917. Anthony died at the age of 15 of a gun accident when on a hunting expedition with his great uncle in Ireland.
Anthony O'Grady died 21 January 1897 in Perth. He had been in failing health for 5 years and died from Serous Apoplexy [a stroke?]. His funeral was conducted by the Bishop of Perth and he was buried in East Perth Cemetery. His wife and remaining children survived him and the Lefroy family still remains in Western Australia.
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