William Giles
William Giles (born December 27, 1791 in Great Staughton , Huntingdonshire in England, † May 11, 1862 Beaumont near Adelaide in Australia ) was an English manager of the South Australian Company and an early politician in South Australia , who was instrumental in founding the then Colony of South Australia was involved.
Life
Giles was the son of Thomas Giles and Mary Stokes. He attended Kimbolton Grammar School in Kent and after graduating from high school he became a banker's private secretary. In 1813 he married Sarah Roper with whom he had six sons and three daughters. He lived first in Mitcham , in Surrey and later in London . His first wife died in 1833. After a five-month voyage on October 16, 1837, he arrived on the three-master Hartley with his second wife, Emily Elizabeth McGeorge, and their two children, along with his own nine children, to Kingscote on Kangaroo Island . Kingscote, the first European settlement in South Australia, was the headquarters of the South Australian Company, which had the task of colonizing the country. Originally, the capital of South Australia should arise there. Later on, Adelaide was chosen.
In Kingscote Giles took care of the whaling and shipping operations of the Company, which was little successful there. He paid special attention to the social conditions of the whale and seal hunters on the island, who vegetated there, and he helped the immigrants.
job
In January 1841, Giles became the third colonial manager of the South Australian Company in Kingscote after Adelaide . In the economic depression that followed, the company restricted its economic activities and he farmed a small area for them, raising sheep and selling wool. In the economic boom of 1845 copper mining developed, the Company bought land, and he increased the Company's economic success by increasing the number of tenants of agricultural land the Company owned. For example, between 1846 and 1851, he increased the number of tenants from 124 to 476. Many people came to this area with the gold rush. Giles managed to lease land and fetch high prices for both the lease and the Company's agricultural products, such as wool.
Giles he was extremely successful in the agricultural development of the colony of South Australia, which developed positively and stabilized economically. He was the most successful manager and largest employer in the colony at the time.
Giles served as a lay preacher for the Society for the Preservation of Religious Freedom for many years . In 1851 he was elected to the colonial government of South Australia. In 1861 he resigned from the company.
Web links
- William Giles at adbonline.anu.edu.au
- Clint Giles: William Giles at arrow.unisa.edu.au
- Illustration by William Giles
Individual evidence
- ^ Clint Giles: William Giles and the Part he Played in Sharped South Australia , accessed February 17, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giles, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Australian politician and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Staughton , Huntingdonshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1862 |
| Place of death | Beaumont near Adelaide , Australia |