Henry Briggs (politician)

He was educated at Kettering National School and later at St. Mark's College in Chelsea where he was a Queen's Scholar.

He became a lecturer on scientific matters for the South Kensington Museum, and was headmaster of Mottram Grammar School from 1868 to 1878.

On 30 June 1896, Briggs was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for the West Province in a by-election occasioned by the resignation of Edward Davies.

[2] Briggs' contributions during his parliamentary career include examining a scheme of commercial qualifications in 1904, and being a member of the 1910 Royal Commission into the establishment of the University of Western Australia.

He was also a member of the committee on technical education, a trustee of the Western Australian public library, museum and art gallery, and a prominent freemason.