William Cox (1764 - 1837), by Charles Rodius, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. Original : ML 1379. .Image Details

COX, WILLIAM (1764-1837), military officer, roadmaker and builder, was born at Wimborne, Dorset, England, and educated at the local grammar school. He later moved to Devizes, Wiltshire, where he married Rebecca Upjohn of Bristol. He joined the army in 1797 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the New South Wales Corps; next year he was appointed paymaster. In 1799, accompanied by his wife and four of his six small sons, he sailed for New South Wales in the Minerva by way of Cork, where the ship picked up a consignment of Irish convicts who had taken part in the rebellion the previous year. He was put in charge of them as well as his detachment of the corps. Also on board were four political exiles, among them the redoubtable 'General ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography