Lauchlan Mackinnon
| Lauchlan Mackinnon | |||||||
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| Born | 1817 | ||||||
| Died | 1888 | ||||||
| Residence | Bittacy House Mill Hill Hendon [1862] | ||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||
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anti-transportationist, grazier (unspecified) , Member of Upper House , newspaper owner , overlander , separationist
Lauchlan Mackinnon (1817-1888), pastoralist and newspaper proprietor, was born on 26 February 1817 at Kilbride, Isle of Skye, Scotland...He migrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1838 and then to Sydney whence he overlanded stock to Adelaide for Campbell & Co. About 1840 he took stock from Sydney to Port Phillip where he decided to settle. He took up the Tarrangower run in 1839-41, Ovens River in 1841 and, with Webster & Co., Mount Fyans in the Western District in 1841-53 and Mount Battery in 1858-66....Mackinnon was member for Warrnambool and Belfast in the squatter-dominated Victorian Legislative Council from December 1852 till he resigned in May 1853. At a protest meeting in 1852 he had stood alone among squatters in opposing their more extreme claims. ..became a partner in the Argus with Edward Wilson and took over the business side of the paper ...retired to England in 1868 and settled at Elfordleigh, Devonshire, to enjoy the pleasures of English country life. For a time he lived at Arundel, Sussex, often visiting his estate at Duisdale, Isle of Skye, and offering hospitality on the grand scale...He died at Malpas Lodge, Torquay, Devon, on 21 March 1888 leaving a vast estate.
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'The Argus' newspaper