{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = '''The Hon''' | name = Daniel Roberts | honorific_suffix = | image = StateLibQld 1 124823 Daniel Foley Roberts.jpg | caption = | office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | term_start1 = 23 May 1860 | term_end1 = 26 July 1889 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1824|2|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1889|7|26|1824|2|19|df=y}} | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | resting_place = Toowong Cemetery | birth_name = Daniel Foley Roberts | party = | other_party = | spouse = Caroline May Cooper (m.1846 d.1886) | known_for = | occupation = Solicitor | relations = | alma_mater = }}
'''Daniel Foley Roberts''' M.L.C. (19 February 1824 – 26 July 1889), was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2296312912|accessdate= 21 February 2015}}</ref>
Roberts was born in Sydney, New South Wales where he was educated. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1849. He arrived in Brisbane in 1851 and began a practice there.<ref name=Obit> {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19816072 |title=Death of the Hon. D.F. Roberts. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane, Qld. |date=3 August 1889 |accessdate=27 August 2014 |page=198 |via=National Library of Australia }}</ref>
Roberts narrowly lost the Queensland Legislative Assembly election for Fortitude Valley to Charles Lilley in 1860.<ref name=Obit/> Roberts was one of the first members nominated to the Legislative Council of Queensland, and was Chairman of Committees of that body from its inception in May 1860 till his death on 26 July 1889.<ref>{{cite Australasia|Roberts, Hon. Daniel Foley}}</ref>
Roberts was buried in Toowong Cemetery.<ref name=bcc>[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=141538 Roberts Daniel Foley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221133528/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=141538 |date=21 February 2015 }} – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 21 February 2015.</ref>
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