Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816

Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898)

Pastoralist, grazier, MP, Magistrate

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Leoplod William Jerome Fane DE SALIS (1845 - 1930) Rodolph John Charles Fane DE SALIS (1846 - 1876) Henrietta Sarah Sophia Nina Fane DE SALIS (1848 - 1929) George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931) Henry Gubert Macdonald Fane DE SALIS (1858 - 1947)	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898) + Charlotte F MACDONALD (1819 - 1878)	Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (1771 - 1836)	Peter DE SALIS (1738 - 1809)	Jerome Hieronimus Gerolamo DE SALIS (1709 - 1794)
				Mary FANE (1710 - 1785)
			Ann DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1749 - 1831)	Antonio DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1702 - 1765)
				Margaretha DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1704 - 1765)
		Henrietta FOSTER (1790 - 1856)	William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)

			Catherine Letitia LESLIE ( - 1814)

b. 26 Apr 1816 at Florence, Italy

m. 1844 Charlotte F MACDONALD (1819 - 1878) at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

d. 20 Nov 1898 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 82

Near Relatives of Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Peter DE SALIS	28 Jun 1738	Westminster, Middlesex, England	19 Nov 1809	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England	71
Grandmother	Ann DE SALIS-SOGLIO	1749		1831		82
Grandfather	William FOSTER	03 Jul 1744		Nov 1797		53
Grandmother	Catherine Letitia LESLIE			23 Nov 1814

Father in Law	George MACDONALD	1779	Scotland	25 Oct 1853	Bongongo, New South Wales, Australia	74
Mother in Law	Sarah MITCHELL	1781

Father	Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS	14 Feb 1771	Chiavenna, Italy	02 Oct 1836	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England	65
Mother	Henrietta FOSTER	abt 1790		27 Oct 1856		66

Self	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS	26 Apr 1816	Florence, Italy	20 Nov 1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82

Wife	Charlotte F MACDONALD	1819	Dublin, Ireland	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59

Son	Leoplod William Jerome Fane DE SALIS	Jun 1845	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	03 Aug 1930	Laleham North Staines, England	85
Son	Rodolph John Charles Fane DE SALIS	19 Nov 1846	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	06 Jun 1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29
Daughter	Henrietta Sarah Sophia Nina Fane DE SALIS	1848	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	20 Feb 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	81
Son	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS	1851	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	Dec 1931	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	80
Son	Henry Gubert Macdonald Fane DE SALIS	1858	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1947	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	89

Half Brother	Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS	26 Feb 1799	Marylebone, London, England	24 Dec 1870	Acton, Cheshire, England	71
Sister	Sophia Juliana DE SALIS	1806		05 Jul 1886		80
Brother	Rodolph Johannes Leslie Joseph Hibernicus DE SALIS	09 May 1811	Dublin, Ireland	13 Mar 1880	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England	68
Brother	William Andrew Andreas Salius Fane DE SALIS	22 Oct 1812	Marylebone, London, England	03 Aug 1896	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	83
Sister	Catherine (Nina) Barbara DE SALIS	May 1814	Dublin, Ireland	20 Feb 1869	St George Hanover Square, London, England	54
Sister	Henrietta Maria Felicitas DE SALIS	Nov 1817	Paris, France
Brother	John Henry Anthony Hubert Gubertus DE SALIS	10 Dec 1818	Paris, France	11 Feb 1894		75
Brother	Charles Lewis Maximilian Fane DE SALIS	04 Nov 1821	Valteline, Switzerland	25 Jun 1845	Pimlico, England	23
Sister	Henrietta (Hadie) Emma Helena DE SALIS	02 May 1824	Bath, Somerset, England	16 Aug 1863	Surrey, England	39
Brother	Henry Jerome Augustine Fane DE SALIS	16 Feb 1828	Pisa, Italy	18 Feb 1915	Virgina Water, Berkshire, England	87

Daughter in Law	Jeanette Caroline ARMSTRONG	1864	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	William James FARRER	03 Apr 1845	Docker, Westmorland, England	16 Apr 1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	61
Daughter in Law	Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jul 1927	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	70
Daughter in Law	Charlotte Maud(e) MCDONALD			21 May 1952	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Grandson	Leopold William Jerome Fane DE SALIS	1896	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John Peter Fabius DE SALIS	1897	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Jeanette Nina Alexandre Fane DE SALIS	1901	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Charlotte Fane DE SALIS	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Mary (May) Fane DE SALIS	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1962	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Nina Emily Violet Fane DE SALIS	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jul 1970	Canberra, ACT, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Emily Henrietta Georgina DE SALIS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Apr 1966	Canberra, ACT, Australia	81
Grandson	Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS	08 Aug 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21 Feb 1957	Canberra, ACT, Australia	70
Grandson	George William Irving Fane DE SALIS	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Aug 1969	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS	abt Apr 1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Nov 1917	Palestine	26
Grandson	Leopold Henry Graham DE SALIS	10 Sep 1885	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1973	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	88
Grandson	Gubert William Leslie Fane DE SALIS	1887	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1959	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	72
Grandson	Arthur Rodolf Neville Fane DE SALIS	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Charlotte Nina Vera W Fane DE SALIS	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Dec 1965	Canberra, ACT, Australia	69
Grandson	Edward George Farrer DE SALIS	12 Jun 1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1985	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	86

Nephew	John Francis William DE SALIS	25 Aug 1825	Switzerland	07 Aug 1871	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	45
Nephew	Peter DE SALIS	22 Nov 1827		27 Mar 1919		91
Nephew	George Aloys DE SALIS	01 Dec 1829		22 Oct 1866		36
Niece	Anna Sophia Elisabeth DE SALIS	28 Jul 1832		17 Mar 1916		83
Nephew	Robert John Drake DE SALIS	13 Feb 1837
Nephew	John Byrne Leicester WARREN	1835		1895		60
Niece	Meriel Leicester WARREN	1839		1872		33
Nephew	Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	10 Dec 1854	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	26 Dec 1931	Brackley, Buckinghamshire, England	77
Nephew	Cecil Fane DE SALIS	31 May 1857	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	09 Mar 1948	Wargrave, Berkshire, England	90
Nephew	William Fane DE SALIS	21 Jul 1858	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	23 Jan 1939	Gosport, Hampshire, England	80
Nephew	Charles Fane DE SALIS	abt 18 Mar 1860	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	24 Jan 1942	Taunton, Devon, England	81
Niece	Georgiana DE SALIS	18 Sep 1861	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	14 Apr 1910	East Hampstead, Berkshire, England	48

Sister in Law	Amelia MACDONALD
Sister in Law	Elizabeth MACDONALD
Brother in Law	George MACDONALD
Sister in Law	Julia Catherine MACDONALD
Brother in Law	Richard MACDONALD
Brother in Law	Charles MACDONALD	1805
Sister in Law	Isabella MACDONALD	1811		22 Jul 1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	27
Sister in Law	Eliza Ann MACDONALD	1816	Spain	1889		73
Brother in Law	Colin MACDONALD	abt 1821
Sister in Law	Louisa MACDONALD	14 Apr 1823
Sister in Law	Sarah Berkley MACDONALD	1827	Yorkshire, England	03 Feb 1883	Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia	56
Sister in Law	Henrietta Charlotte de Sennarclens DE ST DENYS			Oct 1822
Sister in Law	Cecile Henrietta Marguerite BOURGEOISE	1802		1892		90
Brother in Law	William FILGATE
Sister in Law	Augusta Letitia ROBINSON	Jun 1839	Manchester, Lancashire, England	21 Feb 1929	Marylebone, London, England	89
Sister in Law	Emily Henriette MAYNE	abt 1823	Teffont, Wiltshire, England	24 Jul 1896	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	73
Brother in Law	George Flemming WARREN	28 Oct 1811		19 Oct 1887		75
Sister in Law	Julia SHUM
Brother in Law	Thomas-Chaloner BISSE-CHALLONER	11 Dec 1788		26 Jul 1872		83
Sister in Law	Grace Elizabeth Warner HENLEY	abt 1824	Waterperry, Oxfordshire, England	abt Sep 1898	Windsor, Berkshire, England	74

Events in Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
26 Apr 1816		Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS was born	Florence, Italy
02 Oct 1836	20	Death of father Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (aged 65)	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
19 Nov 1840	24	Immigration	Australia	Royal George
1844	28	Married Charlotte F MACDONALD (aged 25)	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	V1844480 29/1844	6
abt 1845	29	Residence	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	Junee Station
Jun 1845	29	Birth of son Leoplod William Jerome Fane DE SALIS	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
19 Nov 1846	30	Birth of son Rodolph John Charles Fane DE SALIS	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1
1848	32	Birth of daughter Henrietta Sarah Sophia Nina Fane DE SALIS	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	V18481945 33A/1848
1851	35	Birth of son George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
abt 1855	39	Residence	Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia
27 Oct 1856	40	Death of mother Henrietta FOSTER (aged 66)
1858	42	Birth of son Henry Gubert Macdonald Fane DE SALIS	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1984/1858
06 Jun 1876	60	Death of son Rodolph John Charles Fane DE SALIS (aged 29)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9651/876
1878	62	Death of wife Charlotte F MACDONALD (aged 59)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9160/1878
20 Nov 1898	82	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS died	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15594/1898

Note 1: BIRTH.

SMH 30 Nov 1846 "On the 19th instant, at Darbalara, near Yass, the lady of Leopold Fane De Salis, Esq., of a son."

Personal Notes:

DE SALIS, LEOPOLD FABIUS DIETEGAN FANE (1816-1898), pastoralist and politician, was born on 26 April 1816 in Florence, Italy, the second son of Jerome Fane, fourth Count de Salis, and his third wife Henrietta, née Foster. Educated at Eton, he studied sheep farming near Jedburgh, Scotland. He reached Sydney on 18 November 1840 in the Royal George. With a partner he acquired Darbalara on the Murrumbidgee, where they built a public house and charged excessive prices at the station store. De Salis wrote 'Thro' very despair I determined to settle and content myself', and in 1844 he married Charlotte, daughter of George Macdonald. Next year the partners took up Junee station and by 1854 had added two other runs. In 1855 he sold out, planning to go to England; instead he bought Cuppacumbalong where he made improvements and planted Lombardy poplars along the river at Tharwa. He also introduced irrigation, pioneered the use of dams and made a lifelong study of meteorology.

A magistrate since 1844, de Salis was active on the bench: in 1866 he asked the colonial secretary for a detective to inquire into the shooting of cattle by a fellow magistrate. In December 1864 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Queanbeyan. A loyal supporter, he told his friend, Henry Parkes, in November 1868 that it was 'in our best interests to educate the Catholics'; he also recommended the introduction of an income tax, to which labourers should contribute 'as an insurance against misfortune or improvidence'. His knowledge of local land conditions enabled de Salis to see both sides of the squatter-selector disputes: known as 'the selectors' friend', he opposed large estates but wanted more certain tenure for the squatter. Later he recognized that 'the chief burden of our Government is the inheritance from a Crown Colony of universal municipal responsibility'. In 1869 he was defeated by William Forster, but in the 1872 election engineered his son's victory over 'the borough-mongering influences of the Rutledges … & the personal exertion of the priest'. De Salis urged Parkes to join Edward Butler and woo the Irish.

In July 1874 de Salis was appointed to the Legislative Council, pledged to its reconstruction on an elective basis. Reluctant to invest in Parkes's coal mine at Jervis Bay, he 'cheerfully' promised £100 a year to assist Parkes to continue as leader of the Opposition. An active member, de Salis introduced three unsuccessful bills. Characteristically he opposed the dispatch of the Sudan contingent, but as a devout Anglican was implacably against Sir Alfred Stephen's divorce reform bills. Cultured, independent and with much common sense, de Salis was a moderating influence in parliament, but increasingly left the management of his stations to his sons. In the Upper Murrumbidgee area he acquired Naas and Coolamon. In the 1870s de Salis Bros took up extensive land in Queensland, where their principal station was Strathmore, near Bowen, but lost all their holdings to the Union Bank by 1895. In 1893 de Salis had visited England to transfer entailed estates to his younger brother. On his return he lived with his daughter Nina, wife of William Farrer, at Lambrigg, Tharwa. With debts of over £100,000 he became insolvent in 1898; his benevolence and hospitality had contributed to his reverses. He died at Lambrigg on 20 November and was buried in the family cemetery at Cuppacumbalong, survived by three sons and his only daughter.

Select Bibliography
E. J. Lea-Scarlett, Queanbeyan: District and People (Queanbeyan, 1968); Parliamentary Debates (Legislative Council, New South Wales), 1880-98; A. W. Martin, ‘Electoral Contests in Yass and Queanbeyan in the 'Seventies and 'Eighties’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 43 (1957); W. A. F. de Salis, ‘Some family history’, Canberra and District Historical Society, Papers, 1960; Queanbeyan Observer, 22 Nov 1898; Henry Parkes letters (State Library of New South Wales); manuscript catalogue under de Salis (State Library of New South Wales); de Salis insolvency file (State Records New South Wales). More on the resources

Print Publication Details: 'de Salis, Leopold Fabius Dietegan Fane (1816 - 1898)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 60-61.

Obit from SMH 22 Nov 1898 "Leopold Fane de Salis, of Cuppacumbalong mid Tharwa stations, died at Queanbeyan Station yesterday, at the advanced age of 82. Deceased was the fourth son of Jerome, the fourth Count de Salis, and married in 1844 Charlotte, daughter of the late Captain G M'Donald Morar, of the 68th regiment, by whom he leaves three tons and a daughter."

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- Notes: De Salis acquired Parabalara on the Murrumbidgee River. In 1845 with a partner, he took up Junee Station. De Salis, a friend of Henry Parkes was a Magistrate and was elected to the Legislative Council in 1875

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- Notes: Leopold F ane deSalis was born on 26 April 1816 in Florence, Italy, the second son of Jerome Fane, fourth Count de Salis, and his third wife Henrietta, née Foster.

Educated at Eton, he studied sheep farming near Jedburgh, Scotland. He reached Sydney on 18 November 1840 on the Royal George. With a partner named Smyth he was granted a grazing licence for Darbalara run of 40,000 acres. Here they built a public house and charged excessive prices at the station store. In 1844 he married Charlotte, daughter of George Macdonald the owner of Adjungbilly Station. They had ﬁve children;
> Leopold William deSalis (1845-1930) (married Jeanette Caroline Armstrong in 1895),
> RodoIph deSalis (1841-1876),
> George Arthur Charles deSalis (1852-1932), (married Mary St Irving Galliard Smith in 1878),
> Henry Gubert deSalis (1858-1931),
> Nina deSalis (married William Farrer).

In 1855 he sold out and bought Cuppacumbalong at Tharwa. He was Member of the Legislative Council 1874-1898. By 1895 he had lost all his holdings. He then lived with his daughter Nina and William Farrer (of wheat breeding fame) at Lambrigg, Tharwa. He died there on the 20th November 1898.

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