Lauchlan Mackinnon

Lauchlan Mackinnon
4th Mayor of Hawthorn
In office
1864–1865
Preceded byWilliam Henry Pettett
Succeeded byJohn de la Roche Bragge
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for Port Phillip
In office
1 September 1848 – 31 May 1850
Preceded byCharles Ebden
Succeeded byCharles Ebden
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Belfast & Warrnambool
In office
December 1852 – May 1853
Preceded byThomas Osborne
Succeeded byFrederick Stevens
Personal details
Born26 February 1817
Kilbride, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Died21 March 1888(1888-03-21) (aged 71)
Torquay, Devon, England

Lauchlan Mackinnon (26 February 1817 – 21 March 1888) was a pastoralist, politician and newspaper proprietor in colonial Australia.[1] Mackinnon one of the most enterprising of the pioneer colonists of Victoria (Australia) and one of the proprietors of the Melbourne Argus from 1852 until his death.[2]

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  2. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Mackinnon, Lauchlan" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.