|
William Hart (1825 – 7 February 1904) was a Tasmanian businessman and politician born in England. He amassed considerable wealth and served in all three tiers of Government: Local, House of Assembly and Legislative Council. ==History== Hart was born in London a son of William Doubleday Hart (ca.1801 – 1 August 1847?) of Leicestershire who, with his family, emigrated to Launceston, Tasmania on the ''Helen Mather'' in 1833 and established himself as a hardware dealer. Young William was educated at Launceston and for several years worked in his father's business. Around 1846 he and his brother Frank (2 January 1833 – 1 September 1907) started in business on their own account as "W. & F. Hart", which partnership was dissolved around 1871 and later became "W. Hart & Sons" of Charles Street, Launceston. William transferred the business to his sons in 1886.〔 He was one of the original investors in the Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company, and its chairman of directors for many years. He was one of the purchasers of the Tasmania Gold Mine at Beaconsfield, which was formed into a company in 1877, was a director up until the mine was sold, and was one of the four appointees to represent the original shareholders on the directorate of the new company.〔 He was the owner of considerable property in the city. Upon the failure of the Bank of Van Dienmen's Land Mr. Hart was elected by the shareholders as one of the liquidators. He was a director of the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, and was on the boards of many other commercial and business institutions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Hart (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|