Sir Captain Richard Spencer KCH RN
(1779-1839)
pioneer, farmer, Royal Navy Captain (from 1810), Government Resident at Albany (1833-1839), and Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order (from 1833)
Died aged c. 60
Wikidata WikipediaCaptain Sir Richard Spencer KCH (9 December 1779 – 24 July 1839) the son of Richard Spencer, a London merchant. He was a captain of the Royal Navy who served in a number of battles, particularly against the French. In 1833 he was appointed Government Resident at King George's Sound, now Albany, Western Australia. He was born in Southwark, London, and died at Strawberry Hill Government Farm, Mira Mar in Albany, Western Australia.
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Here lived Captain Sir Richard Spencer RN government resident and pioneer farmer at Albany (1833-1839), the first British settlement in Australia
Cobb Road, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom where they lived