Charles Gavan Duffy

1816 - 1903

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: St Malachy's College

occupation: journalist, politician, writer, poet

award received: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Bachelor

position held: Premier of Victoria, member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC (12 April 1816 – 9 February 1903), was an Irish poet and journalist (editor of The Nation), Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of Victoria on a platform of land reform, and in 1871–1872 served as the colony's 8th Premier. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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