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Captain D'Arcy (Dorset) Wentworth

Male 1793 - 1861  (68 years)


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  1. 1.  Captain D'Arcy (Dorset) Wentworth was born on 23 Jun 1793 in Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia; died on 21 Jul 1861 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; was buried on 6 Aug 1861 in St John's Church, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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    • Name: 1793 - 1799; Dorset Crowley Wentworth

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    D'Arcy Wentworth, born Dorset Crowley Wentworth (23 June 1793 – 21 July 1861), was a New South Wales politician.

    He was born on Norfolk Island to D'Arcy Wentworth and Catherine Crowley; he and his brother William Charles Wentworth were educated in England from 1803. His father changed his name in 1799 to D'Arcy from Dorset Crowley. He enlisted in the army in 1811 and returned to New South Wales, rising to the rank of captain in 1825. He married Elizabeth Macpherson on 27 April 1826; they were childless. From 1843 to 1845 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Wentworth died in Sydney in 1861

    D'Arcy married Elizabeth Macpherson on 27 Apr 1826 in St Cuthbert's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth was born in 1805 in Scotland; died on 8 Apr 1893 in Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]