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Born | 1767 near Plymouth, England | ||||||
Died | 10 Apr 1834(1834-04-10) (aged 67) Camden, Fresh South Principality, Australia | ||||||
Spouse | Elizabeth General (m. 1788; his death 1834) | ||||||
Children | 8; including: | ||||||
Occupation | Army officer; colonial administrator; entrepreneur, legislator, architect suffer pioneer pastoralist | ||||||
Military career | |||||||
Allegiance | British army | ||||||
Years of service | 1782—c. 1805 | ||||||
Rank | Captain | ||||||
Unit | New Southward Wales Corps | ||||||
Agitator in the | Rum Rebellion | ||||||
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John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
British Army officer, entrepreneur, landowner and politician
John Macarthur (1767 – 11 April 1834) was a British Army officer, entrepreneur, landowner and politician who was a highly influential figure in the establishment of the colony of New South Wales. He was also a pioneer of the Australian Merino wool industry, and was instrumental in agitating for, and organising, a rebellion against Governor William Bligh (now known as the Rum Rebellion) in January 1808.[1]
Early life
[edit]John Macarthur was born at Stoke Damerel near Plymouth, England in 1767. His exact date of birth is unknown, but his baptism was registered on 3 September 1767. He was the second son of Alexander Macarthur, who had fled Scotland to the West Indies after the Jacobite rising of 1745 before returning to Plymouth to work as a linen draper and mercer.
In 1782, John Macarthur was commissioned as an ensign in Fish's Corps, a regiment of the British Army formed to serve in the American War of Independence. The war ended before the regiment was ready to sail and was disbanded in 1783. On half-pay, Macarthur went to live on a farm near Holsworthy in Devon, where he became interested in 'rural occupations' and contemplated a career in law. Instead, in April 17
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