Reuben Uther [SEP] date of birth
Reuben Uther
Reuben Uther (27 March 1791 – 10 July 1880) was a noted Australian merchant and manufacturer. Born in England, Uther began his career in seal skins before emigrating to Sydney in 1807 where he founded a hat making industry, a region of industry that he subsequently monopolised. He was a signatory to the petition to Major George Johnston calling for the deposing of the Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, having only lived in the country for one year.
Awarded a 400 acre ground by Governor
1811-1835).
The modern community of Appin celebrated the bicentenary of European settlement in May 2011, taking its foundation date as 1811 from the first land grants given to European settlers: given to Acting Commissary William Broughton (Lachlan Vale) and to Broughton's brother-in-law John Kennedy (Teston), both grants dated 22 May 1811. Four further grants were made on 25 August 1812: to Alexander Riley (Elladale); to Reuben Uther (Mount Gilead); to Andrew Hamilton Hume; and