Charles Gavan Duffy KCMG PC (1816 - 1903)

Born 12 Apr 1816 in Monaghan, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (McLauglin) Duffy — married 1842 (to 1845) in Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Susan (Hughes) Duffy — married 1846 (to 21 Sep 1878) in Ireland

Husband of Louise (Hall) Duffy — married 16 Nov 1881 in Paris, France

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1903 at age 86 in Nice, France

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Preceded by James McCulloch

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy KCMG PC 8th Premier of Victoria 19 June 1871-10 June 1872

Succeeded by James Francis

Biography

Charles Duffy KCMG PC is Notable.

Charles Gavan Duffy, son of an Irish Catholic shopkeeper, was a poet, journalist, and tenant-rights activist. As a "Young Irelander", he supported the political and cultural movement for an all-Ireland independence. After having emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales (later Australia), where, in 1856, he entered the politics of the newly declared (1851) Crown Colony of Victoria on a platform of land reform, and in 1871–1872 served as that Colony's 8th Premier.

Life Events

Charles Gavan Duffy was born on 12 April 1816 in Monaghan, Ireland, the sixth and youngest child of John Duffy and his wife Ann née Gavan.^[1][2]

His father John Duffy, was the second son of Francis Duffy of Monaghan. His mother Ann Gavan was the daughter of Patrick Gavan of Latnamard in Aghabog.^[3]

John Duffy, 52 yrs grocer, wife Anne 40 yrs, Mary 21 yrs, Francis 15 yrs, John 9 yrs, Anne 8 yrs, Charles 5 yrs, servant Bridget Treanor 20 yrs listed in 1821 census of Monaghan, county Monaghan. ^[4]

"After the premature deaths of his parents Duffy was brought up by a local parish priest; his three elder brothers died in the 1830s. "

He was a politician and for a time was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[2]

He married Emily McLauglin in 1842.^[2]

Child:

1. John Gavan Duffy (1844–1917) was born in Dublin, Ireland. He became a Victorian solicitor and politician. ^[5]

Emily died in 1845.^[2]

Charles remarried in 1846, to Susan Hughes.^[2] Their children were:

1. (Sir) Frank Gavan Duffy (1852–1936) ^[2] Became Chief Justice of Australia.
2. Charles Gavan Duffy (1855–1932) ^[2] Clerk of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.
3. Mary Margaret Harriet Duffy (1859–?) ^[6]
4. Philip Gavan Duffy (1862?–1954) ^[2] Became a noted Western Australia surveyor and civil engineer.
5. Gerald Gavan Duffy (1864–?) ^[7]
6. Mary Lillian Duffy (1867–1868) ^[8]
7. Alice Lillian Duffy (1868–1869) ^[9]
8. Mary Mabel Duffy (1871–1871) ^[10]
9. Susan Gavan Duffy ^[2] Was gifted as a writer.

In 1856 Carles and family emigrated to Victoria on the "Ocean Chief".^[11]

Susan died in September 1878. ^[12]

On 16 November 1881 in Paris, France, Charles married a third time, to Louise Hall. ^[2] Charles and Louise had four children:^[2]

1. George Gavan Duffy (1882-); president of the Irish High Court.
2. Bryan Duffy, a Jesuit educationist in South Africa.
3. Thomas Duffy, a Catholic missionary in India.
4. Louise Duffy MA, received an honorary doctorate by the National University of Ireland for her educational work.

Louise died in February 1889.^[2]

Charles died on 9 February 1903 in Nice, France, ^[2] and was buried in the Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland.

Timeline

May 1839 Duffy became founding editor of the Belfast Vindicator

June 1842 Duffy was convicted of seditious libel for contrasting the acquittal of Downpatrick Orangemen for killing a catholic with the execution of an Armagh catholic for killing an Orangeman

October 1842 the Nation first appeared

1843 arrested with Daniel O'Connell for seditious conspiracy

May 1844 sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment

9 July 1848 Duffy was arrested for sedition as a result of publishing a manifesto The creed of ‘The Nation’: a profession of confederate principles, in which he advocated an independent Ireland joined to Britain only by the crown, and suggested that if this was not conceded peacefully it might be gained by force.

April 1849 retrial Duffy was released, though he had to pay crippling legal costs.

1852 general election Duffy became MP for New Ross

Tired of politics, Duffy went to Australia

In 1880 Duffy left Australia for Europe, Duffy spent his last years at Nice and died 9 February 1903 at his home there, 12 boulevard Victor Hugo

Sources

1. ↑ Dictionary of Irish Biography Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan Contributed by Maume, Patrick
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Joy E. Parnaby, 'Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (1816–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duffy-sir-charles-gavan-3450/text5265, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring.
3. ↑ "Diocese of Clogher : parochial records, Monaghan " by J. E. M'Kennam publ 1920, vol 1 p 92 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3387636;view=1up;seq=98
4. ↑ "Some County Monaghan Extracts from the 1821 Census" by Theo McMahon Clogher Record Vol. 14, No. 1 (1991), p 100
5. ↑ Grigsby, J R J. 'Duffy, John Gavan (1844–1917)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1972; accessed online 21 Dec 2023
6. ↑ Mary Margt Harriet Duffy's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 16787; Reg. year: 1859. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
7. ↑ Gerald Duffy's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 2786; Reg. year: 1864. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
8. ↑ Mary Lillian Duffy's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 22239; Reg. year: 1867. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
9. ↑ Alice Lilian Duffy's death record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 2395; Reg. year: 1869. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
10. ↑ Mary Mabel Duffy's death record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 2144; Reg. year: 1868. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
11. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923

    Name: Chas G Daffe

    Arrival Age: 39

    Birth Date: abt 1817

    Departure Place: Liverpool

    Arrival Date: Nov 1856

    Arrival Place: Melbourne, Australia

    Ship: Ocean Chief

12. ↑ "Deaths." 26 October 1878. The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne), p. 114. Retrieved 10 September 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60622705.

See also:

• Wikipedia : Charles Gavan Duffy
• Wikidata: Item Q167386, en:Wikipedia