Young's Land Grant to William Henty in Tasmania (1856)

Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803-1870), Governor of Tasmania signature and seal on February 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of William Henty for one acre and one rood in the Parish of Seaford, County of Dorset, Island of Tasmania, specifically a lot bounded by Forster Street and Gunn Street in Invermay. Sir Henry Edward Fox Young was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from August 1848 until December 1854. He was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861. William Henty (b.1808 Sussex, England) moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was Colonial Secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862. He was also an Australian cricketer, who played two games for Tasmania in 1851. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, and having bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match. He returned to England in 1862, where he remained until his death on 11 July 1881.