Macleay, George, 1809-1891

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Macleay, George, 1809-1891

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1809-1891

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MACLEAY, SIR GEORGE, brother of William Sharp Macleay (qv); b. 29 Jul 1809; adm. 8 Jul 1822; family correspondence indicates that he was expelled Feb 1827; went out to Australia 1827; accompanied Sturt on the expedition down the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers 1829-30; farmed Brownlow Hill estate, New South Wales 1831-59; member, Legislative Council, New South Wales 1851-6, Legislative Assembly 1856-9; CMG 30 Jun 1869; KCMG 5 Mar 1875; returned to England 1859; subsequently resident in south of France; interested in horticulture, zoology and the fine arts; member, Society of Dilettanti 1869; m. 1st, 1842 Barbara St. Clair, dau. of James Innes, Thrumster, Caithness; m. 2nd, 15 Jan 1890 Augusta Annie, dau. of William Gardner Sams, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; d. at Menton, France 24 Jun 1891. DNB s. v. Alexander Macleay.

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Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865 (1792-1865)

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GB-2014-WSA-11629

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Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865

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Macleay, George, 1809-1891

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GB-2014-WSA-11625

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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http://schoolgateway.westminster.org.uk/

Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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