created K.C.M.G. in 1894. He was still a member of Parliament when he died on 30 October 1895 from influenza in Murrumbeena, Victoria. An 1893 portrait of Patterson by Gordon Coutts hangs in the Victorian Parliament House. Although the surname was common in the region at the time, he is thought to be the namesake for Patterson Lakes and river, Patterson Road and locale, and the subsequently-named railway station after Bentleigh on the Frankston railway line. References Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900–84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985 Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984 Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856–1900, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972 Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856–1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992 1833 births 1895 deaths Premiers of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian federationists Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People from Alnwick English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians Australian real estate businesspeople 19th-century Australian businesspeople Deaths from influenza