Bent in the Assembly. Bent resigned and Murray became premier. Legacy Bent died on 17 September 1909 at his home in Bay Street, Brighton. He had been made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1908. He was given a state funeral and buried in Brighton Cemetery. He was married twice, to Hannah Hall and to Elizabeth Huntley. His estate was valued at ₤35,000, most of it going to his daughter from his second marriage. A statue of Bent, created by Margaret Baskerville and paid for by public subscription, was erected in 1913 on the Nepean Highway, Brighton. For many years "Tommy Bent's statue" was a well-known Melbourne landmark, which, at the time of the Victorian Football League grand final, would be decorated with a cap and scarf in the colours of the team that won the premiership. In the late 1960s, the statue was regularly defaced by a bucket of usually white paint—perhaps as a New Year's Eve prank. The widening of the highway in the 1970s led to the statue being moved to a less prominent location near Bay Street and its landmark status has been lost. 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 Margaret Glass, Thomas Bent- Land Booming Politician. Vict. Hist. Jour. Vol 64 p143-157. (1993) External links Sir Thomas Bent (1838–1909) Gravesite at Brighton General Cemetery (Vic) 1838 births 1909 deaths Premiers of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Treasurers of Victoria Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Politicians from Sydney Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian politicians awarded knighthoods City of Bayside