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Richard Goldsmith Meares : ウィキペディア英語版 | Richard Goldsmith Meares
Richard Goldsmith Meares (1780-1862) was an early landholder and public official at the Swan River Colony in Western Australia. ==Early life== Richard, born April 1780, was the son of William Meares of Killinboy, County Westmeath, and Elizabeth Goldsmith; his family's background was Anglo-Irish, his father's businesses were concerned with wine. He attended the Royal Academy to pursue an early interest in art, but a career as an officer in the British Army began after the outbreak of war with France. Meares commissions began as ensign with the North Yorkshire militia in 1803, a promotion to the regular 7th Fusiliers followed soon after that; he eventually acquired the rank of cornet and sub-lieutenant in July 1810 with the 2nd Life Guards. His service included participating the Peninsula War, and a significant involvement in the Battle of Waterloo. He retired from his last position as a lieutenant while with the 8th Regiment of Foot in 1818,〔 and occupied himself with art and horticulture.〔 ''sources:'' J. E. Deacon, thesis and paper〕 He left England aboard the ''Gilmore'', a ship of colonists bound for the new colony in Western Australia, arriving with his family and servants in December 1829.
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