Person McLeay; Alexander (1767 - 1848) McLeay Alexander Macleay MacLeay 1767 - 1848 British Male Ross-shire, Scotland 24 June 1767 1767 Sydney, Australia 18 July 1848 1848

Career: Head , Correspondence Department (1797-1806), then Secretary, Transport Board (1806-1815); Chief Secretary, New South Wales Colony (1825); went to Australia (1826) Member of Executive and Legislative Councils and of the Land Board; first President, Australian Museum; first Speaker, Legislative Council (1843-1846); accumulated the largest entomological collection in Australia; MacLeay River and MacLeay Range, New South Wales, named after him Memberships: FLS (1794) Married Elizabeth Barclay; seventeen children Fellow 19/01/1809 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; AE International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 24 Jun 1767 - 18 Jul 1848 NA3247 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 6b900362-1f85-478d-b3d2-5256103f84e7