Frank Beaumont Moulden


Sir Frank Beaumont Moulden was a lawyer in South Australia who served as Lord Mayor of Adelaide 1919–1921.

History

Frank was born in Collett Lodge, Norwood, the second son of Beaumont Arnold Moulden and his wife Anna Mary Moulden née Cramond.
He was educated at St. Peter's College, and graduated LLB at the University of Adelaide, being articled to the legal firm Moulden & Son founded by his grandfather Joseph Eldin Moulden, and ultimately became a partner.
Moulden was elected a councillor to the Adelaide City Council 1904, became an alderman in 1913, and Lord Mayor from 1919 to 1921, during which period he hosted the Prince of Wales on his official visitor to Adelaide.
He was President of the local chapter of Alliance Française and in January 1919 succeeded J. W. Canaway as Consular Agent for France in South Australia.
He died at his home "Lordello", Brougham Place, North Adelaide after a long illness.

Recognition

Sir Frank Beaumont Moulden married Deborah Vernon Hackett of Western Australia in 1918. They had no children
John Eldin Collett "Jack" Moulden of London was a brother, and Margaret Minna Moulden, married John Wheeley Lea in 1902, later to Garnet Wolseley Bennett of Woodend, Victoria, was a sister. Youngest brother Eldin Swanzy Moulden was Chief Assistant Engineer of the Municipal Tramways Trust under W. G. T. Goodman, died of pneumonia.