Background
Yaldwyn was born in Blackdown, Sussex, England in 1836 to William Henry Yaldwyn and his wife Henrietta Mary (née Bowles).
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William Yaldwyn
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He was educated at Blackheath Preparatory School and Tonbridge Grammar School, Kent.
Career
Upon his arrival in Queensland he gained Pastoral experience by working on his father"s stations. On 18 June 1868 he was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council serving for nine years before resigning to become a Police Magistrate in Dalby on 15 May 1877. Yaldwyn was promoted to Police Magistrate in Ipswich where he served for eleven years and was promoted as Police Magistrate in South Brisbane where he remained until his retirement in 1906 after 29 years of service as a police magistrate.
Yaldwyn had a keen interest in sport, promoting the first rugby football club in Warwick and representing the Queensland I Zingari cricket team in 1875/76.
He retired to England in 1907 but later returned to Brisbane and died in a private hospital in Sydney on 27 July 1919.
Membership
He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
