The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/English, Hon. Thomas
English, Hon. Thomas, M.L.C., sometime Minister of Works, South Australia, was a member of the Legislative Council of that colony from 1865 to 1878 and from 1882 till his death, and was Commissioner of Public Works in the Hart Government from Oct. 1865 to March 1866, and in the Boucaut Ministry from the latter date till May 1867. He died on Dec. 17th, 1884.