One of these sons was Sir Henry Yule Braddon, who was a rugby union player, representing New Zealand (the All Blacks) and New South Wales, and was later a Commissioner (ambassador) for Australia in the United States.

In 1879, Braddon was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of West Devon, and he represented that constituency until November 1888.

After leaving parliament in 1888, Braddon was appointed Agent-General for Tasmania in London, a position he held until September 1893.

After returning to Tasmania, Braddon was again elected the member for West Devon, and again became opposition leader.

He drew no salary while in office,[2] but a contemporary diarist, J.B. Walker, judged him "an adventurer ... not overburdened with conscience".

The proposed Constitution provided that the Federal Government would assume the power to levy customs duties, an important source of revenue for the states.

After fierce debate, during which George Reid threatened to withdraw New South Wales from the convention, the Clause was limited in operation to ten years after Federation.

The now-defunct Clause is still part of the Constitution of Australia as Section 87, however it was superseded by the Surplus Revenue Act 1910.

[4] Braddon was re-elected at the federal election of 1903, as the first member of the Division of Wilmot, but he died suddenly at his home in Tasmania in 1904 before the parliament returned from recess.