Henry Macdermott
Henry Macdermott (1798 – 1 February 1848) was an Irish-born politician and merchant in the colony of New South Wales. He served as mayor of Sydney in 1845. He was a sergeant-major in the British Army.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Macdermott was born to a Protestant family in County Roscommon. His father was a British Army officer. Having enlisted in 1820, Macdermott was a sergeant with the 39th Regiment by the time he had arrived in Australia in 1827. His military career ended in 1831, having achieved the rank of sergeant-major. He was elected as an alderman for the City of Sydney in November 1842. He was mayor in 1845, before resigning from council in August 1847 due to bankruptcy.[1]
In 1837, Macdermott married Catherine Small in Sydney. The couple had at least five children.[2] He died on 1 February 1848, aged 49.[1][3]
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- 1798 births
- 1848 deaths
- 19th-century mayors of places in Australia
- Colony of New South Wales politicians
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Mayors and lord mayors of Sydney
- Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
- Irish Protestants
- Dorset Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from County Roscommon
- British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales
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