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Australian poet, jockey and politician (1833-1870).
Born October 19th, 1833 in Faial Island.
Died June 24th, 1870 at 36 years old in Brighton (gunshot wound).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon