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George Mercer (merchant)

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George Mercer
Born(1772-07-21)21 July 1772
Kinwood, Perthshire, Scotland
Died7 December 1853(1853-12-07) (aged 81)
Edinburgh, Scotland
SpouseFrances Charlotte Reid
Children

George Mercer (1772-1853) was a Scottish merchant and landholder. [1] [2] He was a member of the Port Phillip Association, formed in June 1835 to settle land in what would become Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

While he never visited Australia, his sons George and John and nephew William Mercer took up land near Geelong, before retiring to Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ Brown, P. L. (1967). "Mercer, George (1772–1853)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 2. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Holmes à Court, Polly (9 August 2013). "George Dempster Mercer". Holmes à Court family history. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
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