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Name	Alexander McLeay
Alternative Names	Alexander Macleay
Born	24 June, 1767 Ross, Scotland
Died	18 July, 1848 (aged 81) New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dumaresq, William John (son-in-law) Campbell, Pieter Laurentz (son-in-law) Bourke, Richard (opposed)
Occupation *	colonial secretary (1826-1837) New South Wales, Australia landowner (1826-1848) New South Wales, Australia magistrate (1826-1848) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1826-1837) New South Wales, Australia natural history collector (1826-1848) New South Wales, Australia naturalist (1826-1848) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1843-1846) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Macleay Fellow (Linnean Society of NSW) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate