Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824)

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[edit] Lachlan Macquarie

[edit] Vital Statistics

• Sex : Male
• Born: January 31, 1762 on the island of Ulva off the coast of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
• Died: July 1, 1824 at London at age 62
• Interment: Isle of Mull

[edit] Pedigree

Lachlan Macquarie is the son of Lachlan Macquarie (abt 1720-1775) and Margaret Maclaine (1728-1810).

[edit] Siblings

• Donald Macquarie (1750-1800)
• Charles Macquarie (1771-1835)
• Hector Macquarie (?-1778)
• Elizabeth Macquarie (?-?)

2 other sons died in infancy.

[edit] Spouses

• Jane Jarvis (?-1796)
• Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell (?-?)

[edit] Offspring

[edit] Jane Jarvis (?-1796)

No children.

[edit] Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell (?-?)

• Jane Macquarie (1808-1808)
• Lachlan Macquarie (1814-?)

[edit] Biography

Lachlan Macquarie was the Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and is regarded by many as the real founder of Australia as a country, rather than as a prison camp.