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About Henry Plantagenet Somerset
Henry Plantagenet Somerset was a pioneer pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. Somerset was a liberal politician who represented the district of Stanley in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1920, and canvassed successfully for the extension of the Brisbane Valley railway through the Brisbane River Valley to the rich timber reserves in the Blackbutt Range and beyond. Both the Somerset Dam and the local government area of Somerset Region are named in his honour.
Everything about Henry Plantagenet Somerset →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Born
- May 19, 1852
- Died
- April 11, 1936