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A magnificent and historic sterling-silver presentation cup and cover. London 1857 Makers mark for George Adams, Retailers mark for Kilpatrick and Co London and Melbourne. Inscription reads: Presented to The Honourable Mr Stephen George Henty Esquire, Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria by His Numerous Friends Resident in the Town and District of Portland as recognition by them of his worth, and as a mark of the esteem and regard in which he is held, by all Classes of the Community and which he has earned from himself during a long and prosperous career from the earliest Settlement of this Colony on 11 May 1859. Total weight 7.65kg. Together with the accompanying testimonial on vellum that reads: To the Honorable Stephen George Henty Esq MLC, in pencil Presented at Mac's Hotel Portland on May 11th 1859. We have great pleasure in having the opportunity of presenting you with this small token of the high esteem in which you are held by your friends in the Western District. We regret that the short notice of your intended visit to Portland precludes the presence of these subscribers resident in the country but we are assured that a similarity of sentiment on this occasion pervades all and that they with us now present feel equally proud to have the opportunity of testifying in this presentation their appreciation of your long residence and honourable services amongst them as a Magistrate a Merchant a Citizen and a Friend. We will not attempt to particularise the various services which you have endeared yourself to this community as no one is held in higher estimation and we regret that the circumstances have caused the removal of yourself and family from amongst us. Its one of our Representatives in the Upper chamber of the Legislative. Stephen George Henty (3 November 1811 – 18 December 1872) was a farmer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Henty was born in West Tarring, Sussex, England, the son of Thomas Henty (1775–1839) and Frances Elizabeth, nee Hopkins. Henty arrived at the Swan River settlement with brothers James and John in 1829. In 1836 Stephen settled in Portland. In 1839, Henty led an overland expedition to explore the Mount Gambier region. He was the first white man to climb the peak and view the blue crater lake. In 1842, Henty and his brother Edward laid claim to the land around Mount Gambier and established a sheep station there. Conflict with the local Aboriginal residents quickly ensued that same year and the situation proved too hard for Stephen Henty, and he abandoned the Mount Gambier property later in 1844 with significant loss of capital. Edward Henty, Victoria's first settler, is popularly regarded as the chief actor in the early history of Portland Bay; but the backbone of the growing town and the first to set up stations inland was undoubtedly Stephen Henty. Arriving at Swan River in 1829 with James and John, after an attempt at farming he traded between Fremantle and Launceston before settling in 1836 at Portland Bay with his wife Jane, daughter of Captain Walter Pace of Western Australia. An enterprising explorer, merchant and trader, shipowner, whaler and magistrate, he was active in all civic affairs. His wife, although the mother of ten children before she was 40, also played a notable part. From 1856 to 1870 while he was a member of the Legislative Council they lived much at Findon, the mansion he built at Kew in Melbourne, until illness forced a return to the country, where he died near Hamilton in 1872. Dimensions: 78 cm high approximately 44 cm wide

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