Henry Brockman was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1884 to 1889.

Born on 21 June 1845 at Herne Hill, Western Australia

Herne Hill, Western Australia

Herne Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan local government area. The area holds several wineries that make the Swan Valley popular for its wine production.- Wineries :Carilley Estate, Highway Wines, Talijancich Wines,...

, Henry Brockman

Brockman

The Brockman surname is not common, but has spread to several countries around the world. The name can be a topism combining "wet/water" and "man". However, in Old English and in heraldry a "brock" is also a badger, and some have claimed it to mean "broker". Thus, there may be multiple meanings of...

 was the son of William Locke Brockman

William Locke Brockman

William Locke Brockman was an early settler in Western Australia, who became a leading pastoralist and stock breeder, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council....

 and Ann Frances Elizabeth née Hamersley, a nephew of Edward Hamersley (Snr)

Edward Hamersley (Snr)

Edward Hamersley was an early settler in colonial Western Australia. He became a successful and wealthy pastoralist, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. The Hamersley family became one of the most prominent families in the colony.Edward Hamersley was born at Sandgate,...

, and a cousin of Edward (Jnr)

Edward Hamersley (Jnr)

Edward Hamersley was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for nearly ten years....

 and Samuel Hamersley

Samuel Hamersley

Samuel Richard Hamersley was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for six years....

. He was educated in England

England

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, and in 1864 took up land as a farmer and pastoralist

Pastoralism

Pastoralism or pastoral farming is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep. It may have a mobile aspect, moving the herds in search of fresh pasture and...

 at Cheriton near Gingin

Gingin, Western Australia

Gingin is an agricultural town in Western Australia. The town is located north of Perth along the Brand Highway.The town is well suited for agriculture with a mild climate and available water sources...

. On 19 March 1874 he married Anna Louisa de Burgh in a ceremony at Guildford

Guildford, Western Australia

Guildford is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 13 km northeast of the city. Its Local Government Area is the City of Swan.-History:Guildford was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply...

; he would later become brother-in-law to Charles Harper

Charles Harper

Charles Harper is the name of:*Charles Harper , pastoralist, newspaper proprieter and politician in colonial Western Australia*Charles Harper , Western Australian businessman and mayor of two local governments...

 and James Morrison. From 1870 he was involved in exporting horse

Horse

The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...

s to India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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On 24 October 1884, Brockman was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...

 seat of Swan. He held the seat until the election of 30 January 1889, which he did not contest. From 1886 he had invested heavily in the Midland Railway

Midland Railway of Western Australia

The Midland Railway of Western Australia was a privately built and operated railway in Western Australia, operated by the British-owned Midland Railway Company of Western Australia...

, ultimately suffering heavy losses. In 1893 he was elected Mayor of Gingin, which position he held until 1903, when he sold his land and retired to Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. He died in South Perth

South Perth, Western Australia

South Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River...

 on 7 November 1916, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery is a metropolitan cemetery in the suburb of Karrakatta in Perth, Western Australia. Karrakatta Cemetery first opened for burials in 1899, with Robert Creighton. Currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery attracts more than one million visitors each...

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