Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Temple Pearson
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Description area
Dates of existence
1790-1839
History
Doctor Temple Pearson (1790-1839) , retired army doctor arrived in Hobart from Douglas, Scotland, in 1822 with 1300 pounds in goods and cash and his second wife. Douglas Park Campbell Town was built for Temple Pearson didn't have any children, and when he died in 1839, aged forty-nine, he left the property to his brother John, of Bathgate, Scotland. In 1846 John Pearson put Douglas Park on the market and it was leased by various people until purchased by A.E. Jones, in 1912.