Archibald Bell
British soldier, magistrate and politician in colonial New South Wales
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| Intro | British soldier, magistrate and politician in colonial New South Wales | ||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||
| was | Politician Soldier Magistrate | ||
| Work field | Law Military Politics | ||
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| Birth | 1773, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom | ||
| Death | 23 April 1837Richmond, New South Wales, Australia (aged 64 years) | ||
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Archibald Bell (January 1 1773 – 23 April 1837) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Cheshunt in Hertfordshire to Nonconformist minister Archibald Bell. He married Maria Kitching in 1794; they had ten children. He was a schoolmaster for a time and in 1806 enlisted in the New South Wales Corps, arriving in Sydney in 1807. In New South Wales he was a magistrate and lieutenant, and settled near Richmond. From 1832 to 1837 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. One of his sons, Archibald, was also a New South Wales politician.
Bell died at Richmond in 1837.