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Lord, John
Sydney businessman and importer who arrived in Sydney in 1827 and occupied Bello Retiro at Newtown before moving to Hobart. He owned the Marquis of Lansdowne and used it to trade with India and elsewhere. In 1838 he was involved in the campaign to import Indian labourers to replace English convicts. He was declared bankrupt in 1842 and died in 1863.