Benjamin (Ben) Harris Babbidge (2 October 1836 – 19 February 1905) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Personal life
Benjamin Harris Babbidge was born on 2 October 1836 in Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, the son of John Babbidge (a tailor ) and his wife Elizabeth (née Harris).
He married Elizabeth Ann Damp, the daughter of George and Jane Damp, on the Isle of Wight in 1856. Soon after their marriage they immigrated to Queensland on the "New Great Britain" arriving in Moreton Bay on 6 January 1857. The couple had the following children:
Benjamin Harris. (b. 1857, m. 1878 Alice Jane Langridge, d. 1936)
Elizabeth Ann (b. 1859, m. 1884 George Edward Ely, d. 1935)
John George (b. 1861, m. 1884 Jane Elizabeth Smith)
Arthur Harry (b. 1863, m. 1887 Harriet Jane Young, m. 1895 Catherine Maxwell, d. 1919)
Julia Ann (b. 1865, d. 1865)
Lilian (b. 1866, m. 1889 Paul
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