Henry (Harry) Doggett (1853–1927) was a builder and mayor of the City of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.

Public life

Harry Doggett was an alderman of the Brisbane City Council in 1901 to 1904 representing the Valley ward and again from 1908 to 1924. He was mayor in 1913.

Harry Doggett

He served on the following council committees: Finance Committee 1901, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920-1921 Legislative Committee 1901 Building Act Committee 1901, 1902 Works Committee 1902–1904, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921–1923 Health Committee 1908–1912, 1914–1918, 1921–1924 General Purposes Committee 1908, 1911, 1922–1923. Parks Committee 1902, 1903, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1919–1921 Buildings & Alignment of Roads Committee 1909–1912, 1914, 1917–1924 Town Hall Special Committee 1910–1917, 1919–1924 City of Brisbane Incorporation Act Committee 1912–1915 New Parks Special Committee 1912, 1913 Markets Committee 1912, 1915–1923 City Engineer's Office Staff Special Committee 1912 Wharves Special Committee 1913 Lighting Committee 1914, 1915, 1921–1923 Ferries & Baths Committee 1902, 1917 Entertainments Special Committee 1920–1921

Harry Doggett

Personal life

Harry Doggett was born on 11 January 1853 at Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England, the son of John Doggett and his wife Mary Ann (née Barnett). He immigrated as a young child with his parents to Brisbane where they settled in Fortitude Valley. He married Catherine Wood in 1878 in Brisbane.

Harry Doggett

Harry Doggett built his own home at Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley. Now known as Doggetts Cottage, it is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Doggett had been doing work on his home (Doggetts Cottage) when he died suddenly on Thursday 16 June 1927 aged 74 years. He was buried in Toowong Cemetery on Monday 20 June 1927. His wife predeceased him in 1921; he was survived by his son Albert Doggett.

See also

List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane

References

Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane

1927 deaths

English emigrants to colonial Australia

People from Bushey

Burials at Toowong Cemetery

Pre-Separation Queensland

1853 births