DARLING, Ralph (1772-1858)
Military officer, governor of NSW from 1825-1831.
Macquarie refers to the fact that he met Lt. Colonel Darling on board the vessel Dorsetshire on 21 June 1805. At that time Darling had been sent to India with the 6th Regiment of Foot. Macquarie implies some prior contact between the two men, though no details are currently known. In March 1824 Darling wrote to Macquarie to enquire about the conditions and salary attached to the governorship of NSW.
[NSW]
[see: Australian Dictionary of Biography; also available online]; Fletcher, Brian. Ralph Darling: a governor maligned. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984 pp.73 and 369].

DAVIDSON, Walter Stevenson (1785-1869)
Landowner, merchant and banker.
[NSW]
[see: Australian Dictionary of Biography; also available online].

DAWSON, George (1788-c.1853) - Lieutenant
Military officer: 73rd Regiment; served in NSW/VDL: 1813-1814; Ceylon: 1814-1821.

DENNISON
Served as a guide to Macquarie during his Tour of Inspection to the Cowpastures in 1815.

DEVLIN, Arthur
Irish political exile in NSW.

DICKEY, Henry Stewart.
Purser on the HEIC ship Dublin in 1788/1789.
Macquarie refers to him as 'Mr. Dickie'.
Sources: Macquarie, L. Journal: 30 March 1788; Farrington, A. A Biographical Index of East India Company Maritime Service Officers 1600-1834. p.217.

DRENNAN, Frederick (1779?-1837)
Commissary in NSW (1819-1821) - clashed with Governor Macquarie and other senior officials in the Colony. Opinionated, incompetent and dishonest.
[see: Australian Dictionary of Biography; also available online].

DRUITT, George (c.1775-1842) - Major
Military officer: 48th Regiment.
[NSW]
[see: Australian Dictionary of Biography; also available online].

DRUMMOND, James Andrew John Laurence Charles (1767-1851)
Merchant: HEIC writer in Macao/Canton, China - later chief of the British settlement at Canton. Assisted Lachlan Macquarie in Macao in July 1796 at the time of the death of MacquarieÕs first wife Jane nee Jarvis (1772-1796). Remained a life-long friend of Macquarie, appointed godfather to his son Lachlan (1814-1845). Married Amelia Sophia Murray in 1809. Elected member of parliament for the shire of Perth in March 1812. Re-elected again in July 1818 and March 1820. Member of Parliament 1812-1824. Restored to the titles of Viscount Strathallan, Lord Madderty and Drummond of Cromlix by an act of parliament in 1824. Died 14 May 1851.

DRUMMOND, Lady Amelia Sophia (17**-1849)
Wife of James Drummond 8th Viscount Strathallan. Amelia (nee Murray) Ð third daughter of Sir John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and Hon. Jane Cathcart. Children: William (1810-1886); James (1812-1895); Edmund (1814-1895).

DWYER, Michael (C.1772-1825)
Irish political exile in NSW.
[NSW]
[see: Australian Dictionary of Biography; also available online].

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