Lachlan Macquarie
(1762-1824)
British Army general
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Major General Lachlan Macquarie, CB (Scottish Gaelic: Lachlann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie served as the fifth and last autocratic Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony. He is considered by historians to have had a crucial influence on the transition of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free settlement and therefore to have played a major role in the shaping of Australian society in the early nineteenth century. In 1816 Macquarie gave orders that led to the Appin Massacre of Gundungurra and Dharawal people.
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31 January 1762 Ulva, United Kingdom
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| Died |
1 July 1824 (aged 62) London, United Kingdom
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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