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Cloncorrick is an historic house of Victorian Free Gothic style in Darling Point, Sydney, Australia. It was built in 1884 for Sir George Bowen Simpson to a design by John Horbury Hunt. Simpson named the house after Cloncorrick Castle in Ireland, where his grandfather once lived.〔 The home was the residence of several notable Australians and is considered to be a house of historic significance by the New South Wales Heritage Council. It has been converted in to two apartments.〔"(Cloncorrick )". NSW Heritage Council.〕 ==Sir George and Lady Simpson== George Bowen Simpson was born in 1838 near Parramatta, Sydney. His father was Pierce Simpson, a police magistrate, and his mother was Hester Elizabeth MacNeill. George was educated at Kings School, Parramatta, and was admitted to the bar in 1858.〔 〕 In 1861 he married Martha Margaret Cobcroft, who was the daughter of Enoch Cobcroft of Cumberland Hall, East Maitland.〔''Sydney Morning Herald'', 14 October 1861, p. 1.〕 The couple had two children, a boy and a girl; both died when they were young. The daughter was only fifteen when she died and the son was 34. They had no immediate heirs. George became a very successful lawyer and in 1867 was made a district court judge. In 1885 he became a politician in the New South Wales Legislative Council and soon became attorney-general. In 1894 he became a judge of the Supreme Court. In 1909 he was knighted but because of poor health he retired in 1910. He spent his remaining years at Cloncorrick, and he died in 1915. His wife Martha continued to live at Cloncorrick after his death. One of her main interests was the work done at St Marks Church, Darling Point (see photo on left).〔''Sydney Morning Herald'', 26 July 1933, p. 17.〕 After she died at age 90 in 1933 a memorial plaque was erected in memory of both Sir George and Lady Simpson at St Marks Church,〔''Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 March 1934, p. 8.〕 which can still be seen today. Because they had no immediate heirs, their grandson Julian Simpson inherited the estate, and he sold Cloncorrick in 1934 to Esther Holt.〔Electoral Rolls 1936 and 1943 and ''Australian Womens Weekly'', 3 February 1934, p. 27.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cloncorrick, Darling Point」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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