Sophia … ?

Sophia …?–1844

Name: Sophia …

Given names: Sophia

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Australian History	1788 Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Death of a mother	1790 mother - Countess Maria Walpole Of Waldegrave
Australian History	1790 Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	1792 Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History	1797 Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798 Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	1803 Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Death of a father	25 August 1805 Gloucester House, Weymouth, England father - Duke Edward Henry Hanover Of Gloucester
Australian History	1808 Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	1817 Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History	1825 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Death of a brother	1834 brother - Duke William Frederick … Of Gloucester
Australian History	1835 Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History	1836 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Death	1844

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father	Duke Edward Henry Hanover Of Gloucester Birth 25 November 1743 42 23 Leicester House, London, England Death 25 August 1805 (Age 61) Gloucester House, Weymouth, England Loading...
mother	Countess Maria Walpole Of Waldegrave Death 1790 Loading...
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#1 brother	Duke William Frederick … Of Gloucester Birth 1776 32 Death 1834 (Age 58) Loading...
#2 herself	Sophia … Death 1844 Loading...

Sophia … has 18 first cousins recorded

Father's family (18)

Parents Duke Charles … Of BruNew South Walesick-Wolfenbuttel + Augusta Hanover

1 Caroline Amelia … Of BruNew South Walesick 1768–1821

Parents George William Frederick Hanover + Charlotte …

1 George Augustus Frederick Hanover 1762–1830

2 Frederick Hanover Duke Of York 1763–1827

3 William Henry Hanover 1765–1837

4 Charlotte Augusta Matilda Hanover Princess Royal 1766–1828

5 Edward Augustus Hanover 1767–1820

6 Augusta Sophia Hanover 1768–1840

7 Elizabeth Hanover 1770–1840

8 Ernest Augustus I Hanover King Of Hanover 1771–1851

9 Augustus Frederick Hanover Duke Of Sussex 1773–1843

10 Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge 1774–1850

11 Mary Hanover 1776–1857

12 Sophia Hanover 1777–1848

13 Octavius Hanover 1779–1783

14 Alfred Hanover 1780–1783

15 Amelia Hanover 1783–1810

Parents Christian VII … King Of Denmark + Caroline Matilda Hanover

1 Frederick VI … King Of Denmark 1768–1839

2 Louise Augusta … 1771–1843