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Sir Henry Parkes was born in Warwickshire. He was the youngest of six siblings and his parents were Thomas and Martha Parkes.
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Sir Henry Parkes Life
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Henry Parkes' family was forced of their family farm by dept, they moved to Glamorganshire.
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Began work as an apprentice to a bone and ivory turner
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On the 11 of July 1936 Sir Henry Parkes married Clarinda Varney, who was the daughter of a local butcher.
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Sir Henry Parkes and Clarinda Varney immigrated to Sydney aboard the Strathfieldsaye. He found work as a journalist thanks to his language skills.
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Parkes' mother died in 1842.
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Sir Henry Parkes began to speak out in public on important issues of community concern and was noticed by Robert Lowe who was a candidate for a Constitution of Sydney and later became his secretary.
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Parkes was encouraged to run for parliament and succeeded in becoming premier of NSW. His Premiership lasted from 1872-1875.
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Sir Henry Parkes resigned from Parliament and traveled to England in 1877. He was knighted by Queen Victoria.
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Parkes second Premiership lasted only one year as the opposition leader, John Robetson, had a very strong party.
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Sir Henry Parkes' third premiership lasted from 1878-1883.
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Sir Henry Parkes' fourth premiership ranged from 1887-1889.
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Sir Henry Parkes last premiership ranged from 1889-1891. During this period he gave his famous speech at the Tenterfield school of arts. The Tenterfield adress was known as one of the first steps towards Federation.
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Sir Henry Parkes died on the 27 April 1896 just four years berore his dream of Federation came true.
