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    Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus

    Birth: 10-4-1817

    Death: 3-7-1904

Biography

Lord Augustus Loftus was born in Bristol England. He served as a foreign diplomat in Germany and at several European courts. In 1845, he married Emma Maria, with whom he had five children. In 1879, he was appointed "governor and commander-in-chief of New South Wales and its dependencies." In 1887, he left New South Wales and was declared bankrupt. He published four volumes of his Reminisces. 

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Lord Augustus Loftus was born in Bristol England. He served as a foreign diplomat in Germany and at several European courts. In 1845, he married Emma Maria, with whom he had five children. In 1879, he was appointed "governor and commander-in-chief of New South Wales and its dependencies." In 1887, he left New South Wales and was declared bankrupt. He published four volumes of his Reminisces.
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034
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Australian Dictionary of Biography
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'Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034/text6409, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 12 June 2020. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974
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Ancestry.com. Johns's Notable Australians, 1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Johns's Notable Australians 1906. Ridgehaven, South Australia: Gould Genealogy and History, 2007.
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034
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Australian Dictionary of Biography
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'Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034/text6409, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 12 June 2020. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034
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Australian Dictionary of Biography
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'Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loftus-lord-augustus-william-frederick-spencer-4034/text6409, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 12 June 2020. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974