Francis Ormond (23 November 1827 – 5 May 1889) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, member of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist in the areas of education and religion.
Ormond is notable for founding the Working Men's College of Melbourne, which became the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and for endowing the position of Ormond Professor of Music and donating the majority of funds towards the establishment of Ormond College, both at the University of Melbourne.
FrancisOrmond (23 November 1827 – 5 May 1889) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, member of the Parliament of Victoria and philanthropist in the...
subscription list was opened, with a target of £10,000; on this list FrancisOrmond's name appears against a donation of £3,000. The General Assembly meeting...
socialite Ellen Tuck "Tucky" French (1915–1974), the elder daughter of FrancisOrmond "Frank" French II and Eleanor Livingston Burrill. They married on June...
public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by FrancisOrmond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, science and technology...
science and technology" – in the words of its founder FrancisOrmond – "especially to working men". Ormond believed that the college was of "great importance...
itself, the station was named after FrancisOrmond, a grazier and philanthropist in religion and education. Ormond was later elected to the Parliament...
Ormond, who had been proposed as a bridegroom for Anne Boleyn in 1522 to settle a dispute over the Ormond title and estates. Her second was Francis Bryan...
Cast Iron Public Urinal (adjacent to Melbourne Magistrates' Court)* FrancisOrmond Building (RMIT)* Flagstaff Gardens* Foresters' Hall* Royal Society of...
1885) and Francis Shubael Smith I (1819–1887). Francis partnered with Francis Scott Street and started the publishing firm of Street & Smith. Ormond had the...
Massachusetts. He was the son of Ellen (née Tuck) French (1838–1915) and FrancisOrmond French (1837–1893), a Harvard graduate who served as president of the...
("Elsie") Tuck French, in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of FrancisOrmond French (1837–1893) and his wife Ellen Tuck (1838–1915), and was close...
was later demolished and a new building, Ormond Hall for the Blind named after its benefactor FrancisOrmond, was built in 1891 based on designs procured...
founded by FrancisOrmond MLA in 1887, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1881, prominent grazier and philanthropist, FrancisOrmond, proposed that...
Ron Ormond (August 29, 1910 – May 11, 1981) was an American author, showman, screenwriter, film producer, and film director of Western, musical, and exploitation...
included the Old Pathology Building University of Melbourne (1885), FrancisOrmond Building (1885-1887), Former Melbourne Veterinary College (1886), Armadale...
(1844–1910), U.S. Representative from New York FrancisOrmond Wilson (born 1931), diplomat of New Zealand Francis Stuart Wilson (1883–1915), Royal Marines officer...
RMIT News. RMIT University. Retrieved on 15 August 2014 Building 1 (FrancisOrmond Building). RMIT University. Retrieved on 17 September 2012 Tregenza...
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