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Maurice Charles O'Connell

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Although William Bligh had departed, his daughter, now Mary O'Connell, had not forgiven those who had deposed her father, creating tensions between her husband and others in the colony. O'Connell became involved in the quarrel and in August 1813 Macquarie in a dispatch to
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Maurice Charles O'Connell was born in Ireland in 1768. He had had a distinguished career in the army. His family the Tarmon branch of the O’Connell clan of Kerry, Munster were cousins to the Derrynane O’Connell family, such as Daniel O’Connell MP.
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in the latter part of 1812. O'Connell was then on good terms with Macquarie, who, in November of that year, strongly recommended that his salary should be considerably increased.
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In 1838, Maurice O'Connell returned to Sydney in command of the forces and was appointed a member of the
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found himself in an extremely delicate position. The matter was settled by compromise in 1841.
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Maurice O'Connell died in Sydney on 25 May 1848, and received a full military funeral at
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by George William Evans. Entry for Wednesday, Decr. 6th, 1813. Retrieved 7 March 2014
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O'Connell was acting-governor of New South Wales from 12 July to 2 August 1846.
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On 26 March 1814 O'Connell and his regiment were transferred to
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Two Journals of Early Exploration in New South Wales
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Maurice Charles O'Connell (Australian politician)

KCH
lieutenant-governor
New South Wales
Governor of New South Wales
Macquarie
Sydney
73rd Regiment of Foot
Mary Putland
William Bligh
Lieutenant-Governor
Tasmania
Lord Bathurst
Ceylon
New South Wales Legislative Council
Governor Gipps
St James' Church
O'Connell, New South Wales
George Evans
Blaxland
Lawson
Wentworth
Blue Mountains
Sydney
Melbourne
North Adelaide
Maurice Charles O'Connell
Queensland Legislative Council
OConnell, Maurice

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