D'Arcy Wentworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

D'Arcy Wentworth

Australian surgeon

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1762

Place of Birth: Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1827

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

D'Arcy Wentworth (14 February 1762 – 7 July 1827) was an Irish surgeon, the first paying passenger to arrive in the new colony of New South Wales.
He served under the first seven governors of the colony.
From 1810 to 1821, he was great assistant to Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
Wentworth led campaigns for the rights and recognition of emancipists and for trial by jury.