Agent TypeFamilyActivities & OccupationsAcademics - LawLawyersMerchantsMedical practitionersSoldiersArtistsEducationalistsVice-chancellorsAcademics - EnglishHistoryThe Derham family includes members who have distinguished themselves in business, law, medicine, literature, art and education. Thomas Plumley Derham (1817-1867) was born in Bristol, England. Derham moved to Australia in 1856 and set up a business in Sandhurst as an auctioneer. His son Frederick Thomas Derham (1844-1922) worked at Calander Caldwell & Co., before setting up himself up as a produce merchant and later became the Managing Director of Swallow & Ariell, a biscuit manufacturer. Another son, Thomas Plumley Derham (Jr.) (1848-1932), was a solicitor and father to Enid Derham (1882-1941), a poet and lecturer at University of Melbourne, and Alfred Plumley Derham (1891-1962), a soldier and medical practitioner and Francis Plumley Derham (1885-1957), soldier and lawyer. A.P. Derham served in the 5th Battalion during WWI, and fought at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. A.P. Derham also served as a medical officer during WWII and was a Prisoner of War at Changi. A.P. Derham married Frances Derham (nee Anderson), daughter of civil engineer and entrepreneur J.T. Noble Anderson and Ellen Mary Anderson. Frances trained at the National Gallery School and became an artist and designer. She later studied art education, and trained art teachers at Kindergarten Training College. Frances’ sister Alecia (Alice) Anderson (1897-1926) was a pioneering female mechanic and business woman who ran a motor garage and chauffeur service at Cotham Road, Kew from 1919-1926. A.P. Derham was the father to David Derham (1920-1985), prominent barrister and solicitor, legal academic and Vice-Chancellor of University of Melbourne. David Derham married Rosemary Derham (nee White) (1921-2002), daughter of notable General Sir Brudenell Bingham White and Ethel White (nee Davidson), who was from an early Victorian pioneer family. Rosemary Derham held volunteer roles in many public and University committees, including: Royal Children's Hospital Committee of Management (from 1964), Vice-President of Volunteer Services (1966-1979), President of the Women of the University fund (1976-1982) and President of the University of Melbourne Auxiliaries (1976-1982).
