Mercer, George
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Mercer, George
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Mercer, George
Mercer, George, Lieutenant -Colonel, ADQMG
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Mercer, George, Lieutenant -Colonel, ADQMG
Mercer, George, of Add MS 38363
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Mercer, George, of Add MS 38363
Mercer, George, mason
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Mercer, George (military officer)
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Mercer, George (military officer)
Mercer, Colonel (George)
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Mercer, Mr. (George)
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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel, ADQMG
George Mercer was a member of a wealthy Scottish family. He had a commission in the East India Company's marines and then became a merchant in Calcutta. There he had connections with Charles Swanston and Thomas Learmonth who later settled in Australia. He established himself as a merchant in Edinburgh and, in 1833, on Swanston's advice, invested in property in Van Dieman's Land. He was a partner in the Port Phllip Association and chief shareholder in the Derwent Company. He never came to Australia but acted as advocate in Britain for the Port Phillip Association. His sons George Duncan Mercer and John Henry Mercer, and nephew William Drummond Mercer all spent some years in Port Phillip pursuing pastoral interests.
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Epithet: of Add MS 38363
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St Marylebone, Middlesex
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Liverpool, Lancashire
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Windsor Forest, Berkshire
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Minorca, Spain
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Richmond, Surrey
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Australia--Port Phillip Region (Vic.)
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Chatham, Kent
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London, England
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Port Phillip Region (Vic.)
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St Thomas Isle, West Indies
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Tipperary, county of, Ireland
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Bristol, Gloucestershire
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Santa Cruz, West Indies
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Australia--Gheringhap (Vic.)
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Victoria
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Middlesex, England
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Hastings, Sussex
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Canada, North America
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Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
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Port Phillip Region (Vic.)
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Leith, Edinburgh
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Victoria--Port Phillip Region
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Woolwich, Kent
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Plymouth, Devon
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Victoria
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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United States of America
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Greenock, Renfrewshire
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Cindad Rodrigo, Spain
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Stafford, Staffordshire
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Chester, Cheshire
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