Treasurer of South Australia
Henry Kent Hughes took which position from Nov 1868 to Apr 1870?
Henry Kent Hughes Henry Kent Hughes ( c . 1814 – 30 August 1880 ) , usually referred to as H . Kent Hughes , was a pastoralist and politician who sat in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1868 to 1875 representing the seats of Victoria and later , Port Adelaide . Early life . Hughes was born in England , possibly the son of Thomas Hughes , dyer , of Bunhill Row . He married Jane Hilditch ( died 4 June 1890 ) . They travelled to South Australia on the barque Raleigh , arriving at Port Adelaide on 15 January 1851 . Hughes was , for a considerable period ( at least 1838 – 1844 ) in the colony of Victoria ; he was one of a party , with Peter Snodgrass MLC , a Mr . Murdoch , a Dr . Dixon and one James Murdoch , who pioneered settlement in the Goulburn Valley in Victoria . With two brothers he founded the property , later the town , of Avenel , often cited as named for a Gloucestershire village with which had a connection ( though information on its whereabouts is lacking ) , his previous property in England , or Sir Walter Scotts fictional castle and family , of which the White Lady of Avenel is the best known . There is also a reference to his property Dropmore which may or may not have been a separate holding . Around 1854 he formed a business association with the future premier of South Australia , John Hart , in the company Hart & Hughes with offices in Waymouth Street , Adelaide . They built Port Adelaides first flour mill , run by Hart and Company , of which he was a silent partner . In 1882 John Hart & Co . joined with Morgan , Connor & Glyde . W . Duffield & Co. , James Cowan & Co . and Harrold Brothers to form Adelaide Milling Co . or Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company , with Connor as general manager until shortly before his death in 1926 . Hughes purchased extensive properties on the River Murray , including one near Wellington where he ran sheep in conjunction with his brother Edmund Chauntrell Hughes , S.M. , which was quite successful , largely because of careful breeding and the attention they paid to prevention of diseases . Politics . In 1868 he put himself forward as M.P . for the Assembly District of Victoria , and was elected on 7 May with John Riddoch as a colleague . He remained in Parliament for three years , and went out at the dissolution in 1870 , when he contested the seat of Port Adelaide and was elected with William Quin on 5 April 1870 . He was Treasurer of South Australia in the 1868 Strangways ministry and the Ayers ministry of 1872 . He left parliament at the dissolution of 1875 , then was elected to the Legislative Council in 1877 , but was forced in 1878 to resign on account of ill-health . He returned to England in an attempt to regain his health but died at Kew in 1880 . Among his bequests were £250 to the Orphans Home and £300 for St Peters Cathedral , Adelaide . His wife donated the tower clock on Saint Andrews Church , Walkerville in his memory . Other interests . He appears to have been a worshipper at Melbournes St . Peters Cathedral , briefly , around 1848 . He had a share in Section 2112 , Port Adelaide which was subdivided by Private Act in 1852 . He was a director of the National Bank His chief public service was to act as Secretary and Treasurer for the Church of Englands Orphans Home for Girls on Carrington Street . His wife , Jane , who survived him , was , with Julia Farr , one of the Homes founders . His home in Adelaide was Avenel , a ten-roomed residence on Robe Terrace , North Adelaide . Its 20 acres , Avenel Gardens , was subsequently owned by William Pope , founder of North Adelaide Golf Club , then subdivided in the 1890s .