Roger Sheaffe (politician)

Roger Hale Sheaffe (9 April 1838 – 1 December 1895) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] Sheaffe was born at Wollongong, New South Wales, to William Sheaffe,[1] Captain in H.M. 50th Regiment,[2] and his wife Rosalie (née Earle)[1] and was educated at Wollongong Grammar School.

Sheaffe was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Burke in 1878 but did not stand for re-election in 1883.

[1] In 1874, Sheaffe married Isobel Maria Robertson in Wollongong and together had 3 sons and 1 daughter.

Sheaffe died in Brisbane in 1895[2] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.