Celtic Fathers of Four Countries
Capt William Hobson Born in Waterford, Ireland, Hobson was Queen Victoria's representative at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Regarded as the "father" of New Zealand.
Lachlan MacQuarie In April 1809 Hebrides-born Macquarie was appointed Governor of New South Wales, designated to replace William Bligh whose governorship had been wracked with controversy. Macquarie and his wife sailed with the 73rd Regiment from Portsmouth in the storeship Dromedary and escorted by H.M.S Hindostan on 22 May 1809, and they arrived at Port Jackson on 28 December. He took up his commission as governor on 1 January 1810 and is known as the "Father" of Australia.
Sir John MacDonald , a Glasgow-born Scot, was Canada's first prime Minister, one of the Fathers of Confederation and credited with the creation of the Dominion of Canada. In other words: "the Father of Canada". MacDonald, Sir John Alexander History of Canada Dominion of Canada Sir John Memorial page
George Washington was commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution and first president of the United States (1789-97). This Red-haired, Blue-eyed "Father" of America had Scottish ancestry on his mother's side and more English royal blood than the King of England. Through several lines of ancestry, Washington can trace descent from English royalty. His famous relatives, albeit distant, include King Edward I, Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Winston Churchill, and General Robert E. Lee. (Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. 2nd ed)
