Canon Harold S. D. Portus (c. 1874 – 20 April 1941), rector of St. Peter's Church, East Maitland was a brother.
[1] Portus was a student at Maitland Public High School and after leaving joined the Mines Department, but three years later, at the urging of (Anglican) Bishop Stanton of Newcastle studied at St Paul's College, Sydney University, graduating with First-class Honours.
He was a fine athlete and a star (Rugby Union) footballer,[2] and in 1907 won a Rhodes Scholarship, which took him to Oxford University, where he achieved his MA in 1909 and B.Litt.
[4] He was appointed Professor of Political Science and History at Adelaide University in 1934, retiring in 1948, but continued to lecture until shortly before his death.
[1] He died at his North Adelaide home shortly after attending a function for a visiting team of Rugby Union footballers from Fiji.