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Australia / Re: John Langtree/Langtry Melbourne, Victoria
« on: Monday 25 November 19 23:37 GMT (UK) »
Yes, Sue. I found it a curious obituary too with its focus on this row which took place so many years before his death in 1876.
I know that he had been in Australia since 1852 but he had lived 2/3 of his life, 46 years in Ireland. He had spent an important career as a land agent to the Londonderry family there and had achieved much even though it ended badly for him in a court case and insolvency in 1851.
Much of the legal and financial controversy went above my head but I was interested to see that in spite of his financial setbacks, he ended up comfortably off.
A thought:
If History is as much about what we choose to forget as what we decide to remember, no where is it truer than with obituaries.
Paul
I know that he had been in Australia since 1852 but he had lived 2/3 of his life, 46 years in Ireland. He had spent an important career as a land agent to the Londonderry family there and had achieved much even though it ended badly for him in a court case and insolvency in 1851.
Much of the legal and financial controversy went above my head but I was interested to see that in spite of his financial setbacks, he ended up comfortably off.
A thought:
If History is as much about what we choose to forget as what we decide to remember, no where is it truer than with obituaries.
Paul