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Charles Joseph La Trobe (or Latrobe) (20 March 18014 December 1875) was appointed in 1839 superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and after the establishment in 1851 of the colony of Victoria (now a state of Australia) he became its first lieutenant-governor. La Trobe is the nephew of British architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. ==Early life== La Trobe was born in London, the son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe, a leader of the Moravian Church, from a family of French Huguenot descent, whose mother was a member of the Moravian Church born in the United States. He was educated in England and later spent time in Switzerland and was active in mountaineering; he made a number of ascents in the Alps 1824–26. La Trobe wrote several travel books describing his experiences: ''The Alpenstock'' (1829), and ''The Pedestrian'' (1832). In 1832 he visited the United States along with Count Albert Pourtales, and in 1834 travelled from New Orleans to Mexico with Washington Irving. He then wrote ''The Rambler in North America'' (1835), and ''The Rambler in Mexico'' (1836). On 16 September 1835 he married Sophie de Montmollin (1809–1854) in Berne, Switzerland. Their first child, Agnes Louisa de La Trobe, was born on 2 April 1837 in Switzerland.〔(LaTrobe family tree )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles La Trobe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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