When Robert McIntosh was born on 30 January 1781, in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John McIntosh, was 34 and his mother, Isobel Rose Stewart, was 23. He married Elizabeth Smith in 1826, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 3 November 1829, in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 48, and was buried in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia.
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Britain establishes the Colony of New South Wales at Sydney Cove.
Lieutenant John Murray lands at a bay he names Port Phillip.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Toisich ‘son of the chief’. Compare Mackintosh .
History: Clan Mackintosh is a Highland Scottish clan claiming descent from Shaw McDuff, a 12th-century chief (second son of Duncan, Earl of Fife), who established the traditional family seat at Perry, Morays. The chiefs of Clan Mackintosh have been regarded as leaders of the Chattan Confederation since 1291.
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