Alfred Kennerley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfred Kennerley
Australian politician
Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1810
Place of Birth: Islington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 15-Nov-1897
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Alfred Kennerley
- Alfred Kennerley (10 October 1810 – 15 November 1897) was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 4 August 1873 until 20 July 1876. Kennerley was born in Islington.
- He was a man of means who came from England to Australia when young and settled in New South Wales.
- On 18 February 1834 at Windsor he married Jane, daughter of Richard Rouse of Rouse Hill House.
- When his father died Kennerley leased his land and sold his livestock, planning to return to England.
- He sailed with his wife for London in March 1842 and returned to Sydney in January 1845.
- He resumed farming at Bringelly, became a magistrate and, in trust for his wife, acquired from Rouse more property in Parramatta.
- Kennerley was not robust and found the climate very trying.
- In 1853 he returned to England with his wife. In June 1857 the Kennerleys arrived at Hobart in the Gloucester and named their new home Rouseville.
- He became an alderman about 1860, and was mayor in 1862, 1863, 1871 and 1872.
- He was elected to Parliament and on 4 August 1873 became premier without office.
- His ministry initiated a policy of public works, but though there was really little difference between the parties, there was a good deal of political strife, and it was difficult to get anything constructive done.
- Kennerley became discouraged and resigned on 20 July 1876.
- This was the only time he was in office, but he was well known for the remainder of his long life as a staunch supporter of the Church of England, and as one of the most philanthropic and high-principled citizens of Hobart.
- He died in his eighty-eighth year on 15 November 1897.
- His wife died many years before him and he had no children.
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