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4. WACo, AACo investor, banker Macqueen Thomas Potter-6247 (Malcolm , Archibald , Progenitor ) was born on 28 May 1792 in ,England,Norfolk,Com Bank Co. He died on 31 Mar 1854 in ,NSW settler,,Royal Bank.
Code-Aut. Code-red. He is son1. In Pemberton lists of AACo investors. Cameron, Fire, p. 43, at one point, Twiss, Peel, Stirling and MacQueen all meet one night. He is a minor AACo investor in Cameron, Ambition's Fire, p. 41. He is in 1830 colonist society see Gouger qv. Thesis by Maxine Darnell, p. 42, his employees becoming noted squatters in the New England area, such as Peter McIntyre and his brothers Donald and John, H. C. Sempill and Alexander Campbell. Burke's P&B for Dashwood of Oxfordshire. Sir Henry Hastings married to Ada dr4 of David of Scotland, earl of Huntingdon. By 1829, ship Lady Nugent was owned by Money Wigram and Henry Loftus Wigram, brothers. Berryman on Founding of Swan River, p. 467. He when at Park Lane, Midx, had a hand in original plans for the founding of Swan River, see p. 465 of Ian Berryman on founding of WA; p. 467, Macqueen had part of ship Lady Nugent built at Calcutta, other men with shares in her were John Campbell a merchant of White Lion Court, Cornhill, and its capt, Charles Pittman Coppin, a master mariner, of same address. some shares in Lady Nugent also held by Joseph Ballingall Esq of West Cottage, Worthing, Essex, and John Plura a gentleman of John Street, Bath. See Pennie Pemberton's ms article. Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 86. Macqueen believed emigration to Aust would solve the problems of his parish poor. Cf., R. G. Thorne, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1782-1820. 1986., pp. 518-519. Cf. Rachel Roxburgh, Thomas Potter Macqueen of Segenhoe, NSW, JRAHS, 58, 2, 1972., pp. 178ff. Macqueen's men including Peter McIntyre were among the first to go beyond the 19 counties of NSW. There is some connection with name Marshall. He and Astley had five children. His own lawyer is named John Beaven. In 1831 Macqueen was interested in a joint bay whaling and banking enterprise (which became Royal Bank of Australasia) for NSW with capital to be £500,000. What is the connection of family with the name Marshall? Macqueen is friends with Richard Hart Davis MP who had made a fortune importing Spanish wool through Bristol. Macqueen's links for interests with Swan River were Thomas Peel, Sir Francis Vincent and Mr Edward Schenley, the last two having "City interests". In late 1828 he and Thomas Peel meet Capt. James Stirling just back from exploring Swan River, WA. One of his own patrons is Sir John Osburn, who is ? Macqueen is an early investor in the AACo, with 90 shares. By end of 1825 he is on board of Irish National Bank, he linked to the London and Bristol Railroad, the Caledonian Asylum, the Columbian Mining Co, Chilean and Peruvian Mining Assoc. and was an auditor of the London Mining Assoc. He is linked to W. S. Davidson re sending 1824-1825 of the ship Hugh Crawford to Australia, most cost borne there by Davidson, p. 6. He and his father had an Indiaman named Macqueen by 1822 or so. In 1817 he joined "the Pitt Club" (?) by when he had developed a great interest in colonization. He had two brothers in the East India army. See Paper unpublished by Pamela Statham and Pennie Pemberton, 'Another bankrupted Australian Magnate', Colonel Thomas Potter Macqueen, pre-1995. Macqueen knew Colonel Peter Augustus Latour, as both were in a quasi-military group, the Bedfordshire volunteers, in which both were colonels. Macqueen's mother-in-law is Dame Hester Astley qv. See Butlin on ANZ, p. 22 suggesting that Macqueen's associates re Bank of Australasia were Montefiore family (backed by Rothschilds), one rep of Montefiore in Sydney had a link to D. Furtado in Hobart, and a brother, Jacob Montefiore in London, plus Hon. Henry Ellis, Oliver Farrer, John Wright, Sir Andrew Green. In 1824 he used the ships Nimrod and Hugh Crawford, re the first organised effort to bring free emigrants to NSW. He spent at least £42,000. He had about 160 convicts at Segenhoe. Several of his employees such as the McIntyre Bros, and Peter, John and Donald, Alexander Campbell and Sempill went into New England. Macqueen laid out Aberdeen. In November 1828 he joined Thomas Peel qv, Sir Francis Vincent and E. W. H. Schinley re a large land grant at WA in return for sending 10,000 settlers to Aust. Macqueen offered management of this WA land to Robert Gouger qv, but soon everyone but Peel had backed out of the venture. He helped inspire the Bank of Australasia in London and helped establish the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney. He sold his English estate to the Duke of Bedford. His own ADB entry. See Judy White chapter 2, on White family of Belltrees; he has a wife die in France before he comes to Australia. See Pemberton, London Connection, p. 68, p. 380 and copy of her article. He has "Segenhoe" in Upper Hunter Valley, NSW. He is born 1791 in thepeerage.com.
Thomas married (1) Astley Anne-14646 daughter of Sir Bart5 Astley Jacob Henry-55377 and Dame Browne Hester-55378 in Oct 1820. Anne died in Jul 1833 in Calais,France.
GEC, Peerage, Hastings, pp. 365ff. See Pemberton/Statham on Thomas Potter Macqueen qv. Pemberton, on AACo, p. 380.
Thomas and Anne had the following children:
8 M i Macqueen John Potter-56252.
See Statham/Pemberton unpub on TP Macqueen this man's father.9 F ii Macqueen Caroline-56253.
No notes.+ 10 F iii Macqueen Anne Burgess-56258. 11 F iv Macqueen Fiona-56263. 12 M v Macqueen Henry Archibald Potter-56262.
thepeerage.com.
Thomas married (2) wife2 Ramus Madame-32268 daughter of Ramus Progenitor-66427 and RNotknown Miss-136228 in 1834 in Circa.
See name Eliza Ramus linked to Money qv. Statham/Pemberton unpub on TP Macqueen, p. 18. Judy White on White family, p. 18.
5. EICo army Macqueen John-56254 (Malcolm , Archibald , Progenitor ).
No notes.
John married Russell Emma-56264 daughter of Russell Progenitor-466096 and RNotknown Miss-466097.
She has eight children in thepeerage.com.
John and Emma had the following children:
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