Wentworth family - Papers, 1674-1943

MLMSS 8

fonds

1674-1943

422171

Microfilm : Items 13-14 & 22 could not be filmed due to their format and physical condition.

0.6 metres of textual material (4 boxes, 1 portfolio)

D'Arcy Wentworth (ca.1762-1827), medical practitioner, was born near Portadowm, Ireland. He came to Australia in 1790 on the ship 'Neptune'. He travelled to Norfolk Island where he was appointed an assistant in the hospital and later superintendant of convicts. He returned to Sydney in 1796. Wentworth was appointed principal surgeon of the Civil Medical Department in 1809 and held a number of civil and medical posts during his career. [ref:ADB 2]
William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872), explorer, barrister, landowner and parliamentarian, was the son of D'Arcy Wentworth and Catherine Crowley. Catherine Crowley was transported on the ship 'Neptune' arriving at Sydney in 1790 and then to Norfolk Island on the 'Surprize' with D'Arcy and the infant William. Catherine Crowley died in 1800 and William was sent to England to attend school returning in 1810. He was granted land on the Nepean in 1811 and in 1813 accompanied William Lawson and Gregory Blaxland in their exploration of the Blue Mountains. Governor Macquarie granted him a further one thousand acres for crossing the mountains. Wentworth returned to England in 1816 and was admitted to the English bar in 1822. Wentworth returned to Sydney in 1824. Wentworth acquired further land holdings after his father's death in 1827 and acquired Vaucluse in that year. Wentworth was an elected member of the old Legislative Council (1843-1854). He was a member of the NSW Legislative Council (1861-1862). [ref:ADB 2]

Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library (4ff) (Call No.: MLMSS 8/1)

I. PAPERS OF D'ARCY WENTWORTH, 1799-1823
1799-1823; Papers include letter from Macquarie 1815 and articles of agreement with G. Blaxland, 1807 (Call No.: MLMSS 8/1)

II. PAPERS OF WILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTH, 1816-1873
1816-1873; Papers include will, 1864; correspondence, financial and legal papers; with papers re funeral including letter to Mrs. Wentworth from Henry Parkes, 1873. (Call No.: MLMSS 8/1-2)

III. PAPERS OF SARAH WENTWORTH, 1848-1873 (Call No.: MLMSS 8/2)

IV. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS OF THE WENTWORTH FAMILY, 1788-1943
1788-1943; Papers include including papers of Fitzwilliam Wentworth, 1859-1915; D'Arcy Bland Wentworth, 1873-1914; and incidental papers, concerning, i.a, T. Laycock, J.W. Lewin, J. Bolger, R. Simms, J. Codd, A. Ward, E. Lazarus, J. Tawell, Macquarie and R. Guise (Call No.: MLMSS 8/2-3)

V. FAMILY PEDIGREE, 1674-1887
1674-1887; Papers include research 1674-1887, including notes and letters of H.W. Keays Young. Pedigree 1216-1884 - summary of evidence on affidavit produced in the matter of the pedigree of Wentworth, 1216-1884 (Call No.: MLMSS 8/4-5X)

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Guide compiled in Mitchell Library (4 ff.)