Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard JP (1799 - 1878)

Ancestors Descendants

Belhus, Essex, 1799

Biography

Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard was born on June 19, 1799
in Belhus, Essex, England, the fifth son of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet, and Dorothy St. Aubyn and a grandson of Baron Dacre of Belhus in County Essex, England.

Marquis of Anglesea,

Barrett-Lennard arrived at the Swan River Colony on board the Marquis of Anglesey on 23 August 1829 bringing with him six servants and substantial assets including farm animals and equipment. He was allotted a relatively large grant of 2,906 acres (11.8 km²) and quickly established a property in the virgin bush land in the West Swan Area near Guildford which he named St Leonard's.
In December 1829, the Lieutenant-Governor, James Stirling appointed him, along with five other prominent settlers, a Justice of the Peace.

Montreal, 1839 Swan River Colony

He returned to England in 1836 where he married Elizabeth Frances Graham on 28 September 1837. They returned to Western Australia in the Montreal on 2 May 1839 with their first child and Barrett-Lennard's 16-year-old nephew, Edmund Thomas Barrett-Lennard who went on to manage a second property called St. Aubyns located near Beverley.

On 4 May 1840, Barrett-Lennard replaced William Locke Brockman in one of the four nominee positions on the Western Australian Legislative Council. He only held the position until the following year before resigning, possibly due to a fire which destroyed the St. Leonards homestead in 1841.

He and his wife had seven children, two of them dying young, and in 1854, she returned to England with the four youngest children to ensure their education and never returned. Of the remaining children, only one, Edward Graham Barrett-Lennard, remained in Western Australia and survived to marry and have children locally.

At his peak, Barrett-Lennard's holdings comprised 16,000 acres (65 km²) of freehold land with a horse stud and cattle holdings. He also imported merino sheep. However, much of his assets were on borrowed money and by 1866 he was bankrupt.
After selling his properties to his son's wife's family, he lived out his final years alone on the St. Leonards property in relatively poor circumstances.

Upper Swan

He is buried at All Saints Church in Upper Swan.

People - LifeTree

BARRETT-LENNARD, Edward Pomeroy. b. 19.6.1799, d. 29.6 .1878 ^[1]
(Guildford), 5th son of 1st Baronet Sir Thomas & Dorothy (nee Aubyn), arr. 23.6.1829 per Marquis of Anglesea, sailed to England to marry and returned to S.A. 2 .5.1839 per Montreal with wife, m. 28.9.1837 Elizabeth Frances GRAHAM b. 1811. d. 23.3.1878 (England of a railway accident), dtr. of Robert.
Children: All returned to England for education, only the eldest son returned to W.A. to live. Thomas Edward d. 1839 at 10 months, Edward Graham b. 1839 d. 1888, Robert St. Aubyn b. 1841 d. 1857 of a fall from a horse, Fanny Helen b. 1842 d. 1918, Rosa Georgina b. 1844 d. 1921, William Dacres b. 1846 d. 1867, Amelia Charlotte b. 1849 d. 1856.
Assigned Swan G2, Swan Loc H. & GI & Avon Loc M & MIN, "St. Lennards" on Swan & "St. Aubyns" on Avon.
Employed 40 T/L men 1854-1882. Member of Legis. Council, resigned 1843. Member of Western Australian Land & Emigration Committee London. Mrs Barrett-Lennard and 4 chd. to England 18.3.1854 per Isabella Blythe. Qualified as Juror 1860. £1000 real estate.

Sources

• Shipping Intelligence. The Perth Gazette 4/5/1839. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/639124?searchTerm=montreal

1. ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians,
   \ pre-1829-1888, Volume 1 B; p. 143, compiled by Rica Erickson

See also:

• The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1837 Author; J. Dodsley. Edmund Burke, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) Page #148 Marriages September 1837.

• Wikipedia Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard.