People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

20 May, 1829
Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England

Death

17 July, 1915 (aged 86)
England

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Occupation or Descriptor

• company director
• financier/investor

Awards

• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Key Events

• Adelaide Exhibition, 1881
• Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
• Dublin International Exhibition, 1865
• London International Exhibition, 1862
• Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, 1888
• Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880

Key Organisations

• Australian Estates Co
• Australian Pastoral Co
• Bright Bros & Co
• Gibbs, Bright & Co
• Melbourne Harbor Improvement Committee
• Melbourne Harbor Trust
• National Mutual Life Association of Australia Ltd
• State Library of Victoria
• Trust and Agency Co
• Union Bank of Australia Ltd
• Chamber of Commerce (Melbourne)