Background
BRAMSTON, John was born on November 14, 1832 in Skreens, Essex. Son of T. W. Bramston and Eliza, daughter of Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.
BRAMSTON, John was born on November 14, 1832 in Skreens, Essex. Son of T. W. Bramston and Eliza, daughter of Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.
Winchester; Balliol College Oxford. Doctor of Civil Law.
Fellow ol All Souls College Oxford, 1855. Barrister Middle Temple, 1857 Member Legislative Council, Queensland, 1863-1869. Legislative Assembly, 1871-1873.
Executive Council, 1863-1866, 1870-1873. Attorney - General Queensland, 1870-1873. Hong Kong, 1874 - 76.
Royal Commissioner in Newfoundland, 1898. Oxford; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1876-1897.
Club: Travellers’.
Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, cartulary-register 1900; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, cartulary-register 1897; Companion of the Bath. Sir.