James Foote
James Foote was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Borough of Ipswich.
James Foote was born onMarch 1829 in either Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire, England or in Calne, Wiltshire, England, the son of Joseph Foote and his wife Elizabeth . In January 1848, his father Joseph emigrated to Van Diemens Land as an agent of the Van Diemans Land Colonial Mission Society and was appointed the resident Independent minister at Richmond within a few weeks of his arrival. Unfortunately, onSeptember 1848 Joseph died after being seized with an apoplectic fit while preaching the divine service.
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