Charles Du Cane
Sir Charles Du Cane (born December 5, 1825 in Ryde on the Isle of Wight , Great Britain , † February 25, 1889 on the family seat of Braxted Park , Essex ) was a Conservative British MP and from 1868 to 1874 Governor of Tasmania .
Life
Du Cane was born in 1825 to Charles Du Cane of Braxted Park and Frances Prideaux-Brun . He attended the Charterhouse School in Surrey and later Exeter College , Oxford . From 1848 to 1855 Du Cane was a batsman on the team at the Marylebone Cricket Club .
In 1852 he was first elected to the British House of Commons . However, the election was voided a little later after it was found that Du Canes employees had paid bribes; You Cane should not have known about it. In 1857 he was re-elected to the House of Commons, and held the mandate until 1868.
In 1869, Du Cane was appointed governor of Tasmania and sworn in on January 15 in Hobart . His tenure was marked by the colony's boom, mainly due to increasing industrialization, a raw material boom and improved communication options between Tasmania, mainland Australia and England. In November 1874 Du Cane left Hobart and was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George on his return to England . In 1889 he died on the family home of Braxted Park near Great Braxted .
The Du Cane Range in Tasmania is named after him.
Awards
- Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1875)
literature
- Gordon Rimmer: You Cane, Sir Charles . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).
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| SURNAME | You Cane, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons, Governor of Tasmania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ryde , Isle of Wight , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1889 |
| Place of death | Braxted Park , Essex |