Major D'Arcy Wentworth (1793......1861..)

Born : 23/6/1793
Where Born : Norfolk Island
Occupation : Soldier ,Land Owner, Magistrate, Member of Legislative Council
Date Arrived : 18/2/1830
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Rank attained : Major
Date of Enlistment : Prior to 1827
Where Enlisted 63rd : Sydney prior to 63rd Regiments arrival
Date Transferred 73rd : Ensign in the 73rd Regiment, February 1811, which was then sent to New South Wales. Lieutenant sometime thereafter. Regiment sent to Ceylon in 1814. Captain in 1825
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Died : 23/7/1861
Where Died / Buried : Sydney / St John's Church Parramatta
Parents Names : D'Arcy Wentworth (b.1763......d.7/7/1827) D'Arcy was assistant surgeon of the Second Fleet Catherine Crowley (b.1772.....d.1800)
Spouse's Name : Elizabeth MacPherson
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Date Married : 27/4/1826
Where Married : Edinburgh Scotland
Died : 8/4/1893
Where Died / Buried : 20 Cambridge Terrace , London England
Spouse's Parents : Major Charles MacPherson (b........d.) &

Descendants
Some information was kindly supplied by rosfinch@dragnet.com.au Reddall descendent

Some information was kindly supplied by Ken Miles , Ken is a descendant of Charles D'Arcy Wentworth. email address kcwmiles@ihug.com.au

Children :
WENTWORTH, Martha Birth Index Year: 1813
Father D'Arcy Wentworth
Mother: Elizabeth
Reg Year: 1813 Reg State: New South Wales
Ref Number: Parish: Parramatta, St John's, Church of England (1)
WENTWORTH, Martha EM 1024667 Marriage Spouse: REDDAL, John Index Year: 1828 Reg Year: 1828 Reg State: New South Wales Ref Number: V18284261 3B Parish: Campbelltown, St Peter's (Co. Airds), Church of England (1)
REDDALL, Martha ED 741473 Death Age at Death: 34 Index Year: 1847 Reg Year: 1847 Reg State: New South Wales Ref Number: V1847583 32B Parish: Parramatta, St John's, Church of England (1)

Major D'Arcy Wentworth served with both the 63rd Regiment and the 73rd Regiment. D'Arcy was the
second son of D'Arcy and Catherine and was born in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. D'Arcy has the honour of being the first Australian born person to be commissioned as an officer in the British Army. D'Arcy was the brother of William Charles Wentworth (b.1793...d.1872 ) a noted explorer and statesman. While serving with the 73rd Regiment D'Arcy initially settled in Tasmania before coming to N.S.Wales.

On January the 8th 1853 D'Arcy was appointed as Police Magistrate at Bathurst. D'Arcy's former home in
Tasmania at Bothwell is now known as Wentworth House and still is in existence. In the first elections of the legislative Council D'Arcy was elected to represent the district of Northumberland .
Son of D'Arcy Wentworth, principal surgeon at Sydney Hospital, and Catherine Crowley; brother of William Charles Wentworth, also a member of the first Legislative Council and later a Member of the Legislative Council. When he was six, his mother died and his father changed his son's name from Dorset Crowley to D'Arcy Wentworth. Married Elizabeth Macpherson, third daughter of the late Major Charles Macpherson, barrack-master general for Scotland, on 27 April 1826 at St Cuthbert's Church, Princes Street, Edinburhg. There were no children of the marriage.

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