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Lachlan Macquarie[]

Vital Statistics[]

Pedigree[]

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

Siblings[]

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

2 other sons died in infancy.

Spouses[]

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


Offspring[]

Jane Jarvis (?-1796)[]

No children.

Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell (?-?)[]

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

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.

Government offices
Preceded by
William Bligh
Governor of New South Wales
1810–1821
Succeeded by
Thomas Brisbane
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