Edward Macarthur, 1789–1872 (aged 82 years)
- Name
- Edward /Macarthur/
- Given names
- Edward
- Surname
- Macarthur
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Birth
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Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993
Text: Born at the White Hart Inn |
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Immigration
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Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993
Text: John, a lieutenant in the NSW Corps, and Elizabeth Macarthur and their son Edward were arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Neptune'.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Online edition. [database - on-line]. Canberra: Australian National University, 2006
Text: When the New South Wales Corps sailed with the Second Fleet Macarthur was accompanied in the Neptune by Elizabeth and their first child Edward. After a quarrel that ended in a duel with the first master of the ship and another disagreement with his successor, Macarthur transferred his family to the Scarborough before the fleet reached the Cape of Good Hope. |
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Death
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Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line].
Citation details: Sydney Morning Herald Mon 18 Mar 1872 p. 7 Text: DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR EDWARD MACARTHUR, K.C.B. - The death of Lieutenant General Sir Edward Macarthur K.C.B., Colonel of the 100th Regiment of Foot, occurred on January 4, at his residence in Princes Gardens, aged 82. The venerable general was the eldest son of Mr. John macarthur, of Camden and Parramatta, New South Wales, one of the founders of Australian sheep-farming, and eldest brother of Sir William Macarthur, of Camden Park, Sydney, New South Wales. The late general entered the army in 1808, and was present with his regiment (the 60th) at the battle of Corunna. He afterwards entered the 39th Foot, with which regiment he served in Sicily and again in the Peninsula, and was engaged in the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, at Bayonne, Orthes and Toulouse, and also served on the personal staff of the late Lieutenant-General Sir R.W. O'Callaghan, G.C.B. He afterwards embarked with his regiment at Bordeaux for Canada, and on his return home served with the army of occupation in France. For his services in the Peninsula he had received the silver medal and seven clasps. During the reign of William IV he discharged the duties if the Lord Great Chamberlain's department. He afterwards served eight years on the staff of the army in Ireland, and in 1851 proceeded to Australia as deputy adjutant-general. In 1855 he succeeded to the command of the troops in Australia, and then, to the close of 1856, to the administration of the Government of Victoria. In the year following he was nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in 1862 a Knight Commander of that order for his civil services, and was appointed in September 1862, colonel of the 100th (The Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot. His commissions bore date as follows: Ensign, October 27, 1808; Lieutenant July 6 1809; Captain February 8 1821; Major June 10 1926; brevet lieutenant-colonel, November 23 1841; Colonel June 20 1854; major-general October 26 1858 and lieutenant general January 14, 1866. The late Sir Edward married in 1862, Miss Neill, third daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Smith Neill, of Barnwell and Swindridge, Muir, Ayrshire. |
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1766–1850
Birth: August 14, 1766
— Devon, England, United Kingdom Death: February 9, 1850 — Watsons Bay, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — October 6, 1788 — Bridgerule, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
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5 months
himself |
1789–1872
Birth: March 16, 1789
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22
— Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Death: January 4, 1872 |
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4 years
younger sister |
1792–1842
Birth: 1792
25
25
Death: April 19, 1842 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years
younger brother |
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2 years
younger brother |
1794–1831
Birth: 1794
27
27
Death: April 19, 1831 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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20 months
younger sister |
1795–1852
Birth: August 10, 1795
28
28
— Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 7, 1852 — New South Wales, Australia |
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3 years
younger brother |
1798–1867
Birth: December 15, 1798
31
32
— Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 21, 1867 — New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years
younger brother |
1800–1882
Birth: December 15, 1800
33
34
— Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1882 — Camden, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia |
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8 years
younger sister |
1808–1888
Birth: June 2, 1808
41
41
— Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1888 — Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Birth |
Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993
Text: Born at the White Hart Inn |
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| Immigration |
Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993
Text: John, a lieutenant in the NSW Corps, and Elizabeth Macarthur and their son Edward were arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Neptune'.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Online edition. [database - on-line]. Canberra: Australian National University, 2006
Text: When the New South Wales Corps sailed with the Second Fleet Macarthur was accompanied in the Neptune by Elizabeth and their first child Edward. After a quarrel that ended in a duel with the first master of the ship and another disagreement with his successor, Macarthur transferred his family to the Scarborough before the fleet reached the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Death |
Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line].
Citation details: Sydney Morning Herald Mon 18 Mar 1872 p. 7 Text: DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR EDWARD MACARTHUR, K.C.B. - The death of Lieutenant General Sir Edward Macarthur K.C.B., Colonel of the 100th Regiment of Foot, occurred on January 4, at his residence in Princes Gardens, aged 82. The venerable general was the eldest son of Mr. John macarthur, of Camden and Parramatta, New South Wales, one of the founders of Australian sheep-farming, and eldest brother of Sir William Macarthur, of Camden Park, Sydney, New South Wales. The late general entered the army in 1808, and was present with his regiment (the 60th) at the battle of Corunna. He afterwards entered the 39th Foot, with which regiment he served in Sicily and again in the Peninsula, and was engaged in the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, at Bayonne, Orthes and Toulouse, and also served on the personal staff of the late Lieutenant-General Sir R.W. O'Callaghan, G.C.B. He afterwards embarked with his regiment at Bordeaux for Canada, and on his return home served with the army of occupation in France. For his services in the Peninsula he had received the silver medal and seven clasps. During the reign of William IV he discharged the duties if the Lord Great Chamberlain's department. He afterwards served eight years on the staff of the army in Ireland, and in 1851 proceeded to Australia as deputy adjutant-general. In 1855 he succeeded to the command of the troops in Australia, and then, to the close of 1856, to the administration of the Government of Victoria. In the year following he was nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in 1862 a Knight Commander of that order for his civil services, and was appointed in September 1862, colonel of the 100th (The Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot. His commissions bore date as follows: Ensign, October 27, 1808; Lieutenant July 6 1809; Captain February 8 1821; Major June 10 1926; brevet lieutenant-colonel, November 23 1841; Colonel June 20 1854; major-general October 26 1858 and lieutenant general January 14, 1866. The late Sir Edward married in 1862, Miss Neill, third daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Smith Neill, of Barnwell and Swindridge, Muir, Ayrshire. |