Born in Lochvale near Langholm, Smith was the son of Eaglesfield Smith and his wife Judith Ann Irving, daughter of Sir Paulus Aemilius Irving.[1] He was educated at University College, Durham, receiving an M.A. in 1852.[2] He held a post as curate and chaplain in Northumberland before he arrived in New South Wales with his family in 1855.[1]
Smith moved to Canberra and lived at a cottage at Acton until 1873 when he and his family moved into the new Glebe House (which was demolished in the mid 20th century). Many of Canberra's trees were propagated from the trees that he planted around Glebe House. In 1889 he was thrown from his horse and broke a leg. He was unable to ride again and had to visit his parish in a carriage. In 1905 he retired to Queanbeyan where he died in 1908. He is buried at St John's.
pierce, galliard, smith, october, 1826, november, 1908, scottish, cleric, church, england, rector, john, baptist, church, reid, canberra, australia, well, known, planting, trees, over, 2330, square, kilometre, parish, born, lochvale, near, langholm, smith, eag. Pierce Galliard Smith 27 October 1826 18 November 1908 was a Scottish cleric of the Church of England and the rector at St John the Baptist Church Reid in Canberra Australia He was well known for planting trees all over his 2330 square kilometre parish Born in Lochvale near Langholm Smith was the son of Eaglesfield Smith and his wife Judith Ann Irving daughter of Sir Paulus Aemilius Irving 1 He was educated at University College Durham receiving an M A in 1852 2 He held a post as curate and chaplain in Northumberland before he arrived in New South Wales with his family in 1855 1 Smith moved to Canberra and lived at a cottage at Acton until 1873 when he and his family moved into the new Glebe House which was demolished in the mid 20th century Many of Canberra s trees were propagated from the trees that he planted around Glebe House In 1889 he was thrown from his horse and broke a leg He was unable to ride again and had to visit his parish in a carriage In 1905 he retired to Queanbeyan where he died in 1908 He is buried at St John s Smith s second daughter Mary married George De Salis of Cuppacumbalong Homestead in 1878 References edit a b Wardle P Smith Pierce Galliard 1826 1908 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography Australian National University Duncan And Sons w 1853 The Durham University Calendar Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales J Kay McDonald Kangaroo Press Sydney 1985 ISBN 0 86417 049 1 nbsp nbsp This Australian biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pierce Galliard Smith amp oldid 1054515290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
