# Justin Foxton

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**Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton** (24 September 1849 – 23 June 1916) was an Australian barrister and politician. He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Queensland](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland) from 1883 to 1904 and held ministerial office in several liberal governments. He later represented the seat of [Brisbane](/source/Division_of_Brisbane) in federal parliament (1906–1910) and was a [minister without portfolio](/source/Minister_without_portfolio) under [Alfred Deakin](/source/Alfred_Deakin). He was a long-serving member of Queensland's [colonial militia](/source/Colonial_forces_of_Australia) and gained the rank of [colonel](/source/Colonel).

## Early life

Foxton was born in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) on 24 September 1849. He was the son of Isabel Elizabeth (née Potts) and John Greenlaw Foxton. His father was a sea captain who arrived in the [Port Phillip District](/source/Port_Phillip_District) in 1841.[1]

Foxton was educated at [Melbourne Grammar School](/source/Melbourne_Grammar_School) from 1859 to 1862. He moved to [Queensland](/source/Queensland) in 1864 and briefly worked as a [jackeroo](/source/Jackaroo_(trainee)), then read law with [John Malbon Thompson](/source/John_Malbon_Thompson) in [Ipswich](/source/Ipswich,_Queensland). He was called to the Queensland Bar in 1871 and the following year established a practice at the [Stanthorpe](/source/Stanthorpe,_Queensland) tinfields. In 1878 he formed a partnership with Thompson in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane).[1]

## Politics

Foxton held the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland) seat of [Carnarvon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Carnarvon) from 1883 until 1904.

Foxton worked as an [aide-de-camp](/source/Aide-de-camp) to the [Governor General of Australia](/source/Governor_General_of_Australia). He also implemented the 1901 Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act. This Act, the first effective such measure in Queensland, implemented a system of policed missions and reserves and stopped some female exploitation.

## Personal life

Foxton married Emily Panton in 1874.[1]

Foxton died at Brisbane of cerebro-vascular disease on 23 June 1916. His funeral proceeded from his former residence, [Bulimba House](/source/Bulimba_House)[2] to the [Toowong Cemetery](/source/Toowong_Cemetery) in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane).[3]

## References

1. Waterson, D. B. (1981). ["Foxton, Justin Fox Greenlaw (1849–1916)"](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/foxton-justin-fox-greenlaw-6230). *[Australian Dictionary of Biography](/source/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography)*. Vol. 8. Melbourne University Press.

1. ["Family Notices"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20116836). *[The Brisbane Courier](/source/The_Brisbane_Courier)*. No. 18,233. 24 June 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2016. – via National Library of Australia.

1. [Foxton Justin Fox Greenlaw](https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=131034) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120608012102/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=131034) 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search

- [Justin Fox Greenlaw (1849 – 1916)](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/foxton-justin-fox-greenlaw-6230) – [Australian Dictionary of Biography](/source/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography)

## External links

- [Justine Foxton Photograph Album 1899](https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/bumb4u/alma99196293402061), [State Library of Queensland](/source/State_Library_of_Queensland)

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