Charles Hastings Barton

Charles Barton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough
In office 11 March 1902 – 16 June 1902 Serving with John Norman
Preceded by	John Annear
Succeeded by	Henry Garde
Personal details
Born	Charles Hastings Barton 1 January 1829 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	16 June 1902 (aged 73) Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Maryborough Cemetery
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Catherine Basedow, Elisabeth Basedow
Relations	Geoffrey Barton (brother)
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	School teacher
Religion	Church of England

Charles Hastings Barton (1 January 1829 - 16 June 1902) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Barton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Charles Cutts Barton and his wife Emillia Ann Barton (née Middleton). His brother was Geoffrey Barton, who was to became a Major-general in the British Army. He was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford. In 1853 he emigrated to Adelaide, where he was a Bachelor of Arts tutor and took up sheep farming and winegrowing. He became editor and part-owner of the German-language weekly Süd-Australische Zeitung, and when that was taken over in 1863 to become the Australische Zeitung, co-founded the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung with Friedrich Basedow.^[2] In 1864 he took over the Northern Star, which he re-launched as The Kapunda Herald. Found insolvent, he fled his South Australian creditors,^[3] and in 1867 arrived in Queensland,^[4] where he was the editor and later, the lead-writer of the Maryborough Chronicle. He then was the classics and second master at Maryborough Boys Grammar School from 1881 until 1896.^[1]

Barton was married twice, firstly to Catharine M. Basedow whom he married at Tanunda in 1859 and together had a son and three daughters. She died in 1863; he then married Catherine's sister, Elisabeth Basedow, also in Tanunda and this marriage produced another two sons and five daughters. Barton died in Maryborough in June 1902^[1] and his funeral proceeded from his Kent Street residence to the Maryborough Cemetery.^[5]

Public career

Barton, representing the Labour Party, won one of the two positions for the two-member seat of Maryborough at the 1902 Queensland state election. He served alongside John Norman, also of the Labour Party.^[6] Barton died three months after the election and before he could take his seat in the House.^[1]

Family

C. H. Barton married Catharine Magdalena Basedow (died 1863) in 1859. Their children were:

• Charles (1860– )
• Harriet Catharine (1861–1862)
• Emily Harriette (1862– )
• Catharine (1863–1863)

He married Anna Elisabeth Basedow in 1865

The Basedow sisters were daughters of Christian Friedrich Basedow (died 1886), who with his large family emigrated to South Australia on the Vesta, arriving in August 1856 and settled in Tanunda. Christian Friedrich may have been a brother of Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow MP.

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
2. "SA Memory: Sud-Australische Zeitung". Retrieved 8 July 2016.
3. "Mr. C. H. Barton". Kapunda Herald And Northern Intelligencer. IX, (567). South Australia. 25 November 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Death of Mr. C. H. Barton, M.L.A.". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. XXXIV, (4385). Queensland, Australia. 19 June 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Family Notices". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (9,232). Queensland, Australia. 17 June 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION.". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (9,149). Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.