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Collins, David (1756–1810)

deputy judge advocate and lieutenant-governor

David Collins, portrait minature, watercolour on ivory, c.1797-1803, by John T. Barber

David Collins, portrait minature, watercolour on ivory, c.1797-1803, by John T. Barber

State Library of New South Wales, MIN 538

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David Collins, portrait minature, watercolour on ivory, c.1797-1803, by John T. Barber

David Collins, portrait minature, watercolour on ivory, c.1797-1803, by John T. Barber

State Library of New South Wales, MIN 538

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Birth

3 March, 1756
London, Middlesex, England

Death

24 March, 1810 (aged 54)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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