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: ''This page uses text from (this page ) which has licence terms compatible with Wikipedia'' Robert Sellar (1828 in Scotland – 1900 in Melbourne, Australia) emigrated from Scotland in 1853 and became a prominent merchant in Melbourne, Australia where he was the business partner of James McCulloch who went on to become a Premier of the state of Victoria. ==Family== Robert Sellar was the fourth son of Patrick Sellar (1780-1851) and Ann Craig. His father, a sheep farmer, was unpopular because he took an active part in the Highland Clearances, while employed as factor to the Duke of Sutherland. Robert's brothers were Thomas, a merchant in New Orleans, Patrick Plenderleath, a farmer in Scotland, William Young, John Alexander, a merchant who moved to England, David Plenderleath, an American merchant, and the youngest Alexander Craig Sellar, Scottish Advocate and MP. Robert's nephew Walter Carruthers Sellar, son of his brother Patrick, became a school teacher and well known humorist writer. Robert's elder brother William Young Sellar (1825-1890), an academic, married 1852, Eleanor Mary Dennistoun, daughter of wealthy Glasgow merchant Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill (1790-1874). 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「Robert Sellar (Australian merchant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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