Alexander McLeay ( 1767 - 1848 )

Birth: Ross-shire, Scotland (24 June 1767) Death: Sydney, Australia (18 July 1848) Career: Head , Correspondence Department (1797-1806), then Secretary, Transport Board (1806-1815); Chief Secretary, New South Wales Colony (1825); went to Australia (1826) Member of Executive and Legislative Councils and of the Land Board; first President, Australian Museum; first Speaker, Legislative Council (1843-1846); accumulated the largest entomological collection in Australia; MacLeay River and MacLeay Range, New South Wales, named after him Memberships: FLS (1794) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 19/01/1809.