Ralph Darling

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British Army officer colonial governor human

Ralph Darling was a British Army officer who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831 and oversaw significant colonial expansion and infrastructure development.

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Ralph Darling canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
authorityControl ISNI:0000000115969690 ⓘ
VIAF:68988418 ⓘ
birthDate 1772-04-28 ⓘ
burialPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1858-04-02 ⓘ
describedBySource Australian Dictionary of Biography ⓘ
endTime 1831 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Darling ⓘ
givenName Ralph ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
name Ralph Darling self-link ⓘ
notableFor colonial expansion in New South Wales ⓘ
infrastructure development in New South Wales ⓘ
notableWork administration of New South Wales 1825–1831 ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
oversaw development of public works in New South Wales ⓘ
development of roads in New South Wales ⓘ
expansion of settlement beyond the Blue Mountains ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
relative Henry Darling ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Sydney ⓘ
spouse Eliza Darling ⓘ
startTime 1825 ⓘ
workLocation New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ

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Darling Harbour → namedAfter → Ralph Darling ⓘ
Darling River → namedAfter → Ralph Darling ⓘ
Ralph Darling → name → Ralph Darling self-link ⓘ
Colony of New South Wales → governor → Ralph Darling ⓘ