De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse

Australian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian politician
PlacesAustralia
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth25 September 1840
Death17 February 1921Southport, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (aged 80 years)
Star signLibra
Family
Mother:Matilda Persse
Father:Burton de Burgh Persse
Spouse:Mary Persse Blair (16 November 1871-)
Children:Maria Henrietta Elizabeth Persse Charles Dudley Persse Rose Eileen Persse Jessie Madeline Persse De Burgh Bannatyne Bentinck Persse
The details

Biography

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse (25 September 1840 – 17 February 1921) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse was born on 25 September 1840 in Moyode Castle, County Galway, Ireland.

Pastoralist and politician De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse, ca. 1920

Politics

Presse was the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern from 9 April 1878 to 7 September 1883.

Later life

Persse died on 17 February 1921 in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He was buried in Beaudesert on the local cemetery. He left his wife and two sons, Charles Persse and De Burgh B. Persse. and three daughters, Mrs. Fitz Pierce Joyce, Mrs. Edgar Joyce and Mrs. Cecil Delpratt.

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