NEALE, John (1797-1875)
Guide to Macquarie.
Born in Sydney on 19 October 1797. Eldest son of William Neale (c.1764 -1840) who served in the 102nd Regiment 1794 -1810 and Sarah Townsend (c.1773 - ) who was convicted of highway robbery in 1793; both parents arrived in Sydney on board the Surprize in 1794.
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NIGHTINGALL, Sir Miles (1768-1829)
Army officer.
Served extensively in the West Indies, India, Portugal, Spain and the East Indies. Appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of NSW in 1809, but declined on the grounds of ill-health. Knighted on 4 January 1815. Lachlan Macquarie succeeded to the position of governor in 1809 through Nightingall's reluctance to accept the appointment in NSW.
Died: 12 September 1829 at Gloucester [aged sixty-one].
[see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; The Royal Military Calendar, Vol II (1820), pp. 379-385; 'Sketch of the Services of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Miles Nightingall, K.C.B & M.P.' in United Service Journal (1829) pp.195-196.]

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