1796: Charles McLachlan was born in Scotland. As a young man went to the West Indies, where he was employed as a plantation manager or a commercial agent.
1822: Living in Scotland he obtained a position in the head office at Leith of the Australian Co., newly founded by a group of merchants and shipowners in Edinburgh and Leith with a view to organizing the first regular shipping service between Britain and the Australian colonies.
1824: Charles McLachlan arrived in Hobart Town to take charge. He ran the company successfully until the company was dissolved in 1831-1832.
Under McLachlan the company brought out many hundreds of Scottish settlers, including many artisans. A prominent figure in the Hobart mercantile circle.
1825: He signed the petition for a Presbyterian minister and later became treasurer of St Andrew's Church.
1826: He helped to found the St Andrew's Club, a welfare society.
1827: He helped to found the Mechanics' Institution.
1828: McLachlan was appointed a justice of the peace.
1828-1829: He promoted the Hobart Exchange and of the Chamber of Commerce.
1828: He became a director of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land.
1829: He helped to found and the Agricultural and Commercial Association.
1829: He married Isabella Dick in Sydney, daughter of a Glasgow merchant; they had five daughters and three sons.
1832-1842: He was appointed to the Legislative Council and later served on several boards of inquiry into the colony's monetary problems.
He was described as a little undersized man, of very repelling features, a short, stout gentleman … whose temper was seldom ruffled, or his equanimity disturbed.
1825-1841: He obtained land grants totalling 3450 acres (1396 ha) on the Blackman's River in the Salt Pan Plains, a whaling station at Southport, and several town allotments in Hobart.
1830s: He sent sheep to the Port Phillip District.
1840: He bought land at Geelong.
1840s: He was managing director of the Derwent Bank and the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, both of which he had helped to found in 1827-29.
1842: Moved to London. He lived in some style in Eaton Place, London, where he acted as unofficial agent for Van Diemen's Land.
1855: He died in Melbourne.
1822: Living in Scotland he obtained a position in the head office at Leith of the Australian Co., newly founded by a group of merchants and shipowners in Edinburgh and Leith with a view to organizing the first regular shipping service between Britain and the Australian colonies.
1824: Charles McLachlan arrived in Hobart Town to take charge. He ran the company successfully until the company was dissolved in 1831-1832.
Under McLachlan the company brought out many hundreds of Scottish settlers, including many artisans. A prominent figure in the Hobart mercantile circle.
1825: He signed the petition for a Presbyterian minister and later became treasurer of St Andrew's Church.
1826: He helped to found the St Andrew's Club, a welfare society.
1827: He helped to found the Mechanics' Institution.
1828: McLachlan was appointed a justice of the peace.
1828-1829: He promoted the Hobart Exchange and of the Chamber of Commerce.
1828: He became a director of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land.
1829: He helped to found and the Agricultural and Commercial Association.
1829: He married Isabella Dick in Sydney, daughter of a Glasgow merchant; they had five daughters and three sons.
1832-1842: He was appointed to the Legislative Council and later served on several boards of inquiry into the colony's monetary problems.
He was described as a little undersized man, of very repelling features, a short, stout gentleman … whose temper was seldom ruffled, or his equanimity disturbed.
1825-1841: He obtained land grants totalling 3450 acres (1396 ha) on the Blackman's River in the Salt Pan Plains, a whaling station at Southport, and several town allotments in Hobart.
1830s: He sent sheep to the Port Phillip District.
1840: He bought land at Geelong.
1840s: He was managing director of the Derwent Bank and the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, both of which he had helped to found in 1827-29.
1842: Moved to London. He lived in some style in Eaton Place, London, where he acted as unofficial agent for Van Diemen's Land.
1855: He died in Melbourne.