William Macarthur
1800–82
Australian horticulturist, viniculturist, and amateur botanist. Son of John Macarthur. Member of the legislative council of New South Wales, 1849–55 and 1864–82. Commissioner for New South Wales to the Paris Exhibition, 1855. Knighted in 1856 and made an officer in the Légion d’honneur.
Sources
Aust. dict. biog.
DNB
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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