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Lachlan Macquarie jnr

Lachlan Macquarie jnr, c. 1818
Richard Read snr
Watercolour on card
MIN 72

On reaching adulthood young Lachlan entered the army, rising to the rank of captain. After resigning his commission he descended into a life of dissipation and wild living. He died in 1845 after falling down a staircase during a night of drunken carousing. He left a widow but no children.