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William Everard (December 1819 – 24 August 1889) was a South Australian businessman and politician. Everard was the son of Dr. Charles George Everard M.P. (1794 – 30 March 1876) and his wife Catherine (1786 – 21 December 1866), originally of London. The family, which included his mother and brothers Charles John Everard (ca.1822 – 22 July 1892) and James George (died 3 May 1840, aged 15), arrived in Adelaide on the ship ''Africaine'' under Captain John Finlay Duff in 1836.〔http://boundforsouthaustralia.net.au/ships/passenger-lists/africaine-passenger-list.html〕 His father was one of the first eighteen elected to South Australia's unicameral Legislative Council in 1839.〔(Death of Mr. W. Everard ) ''South Australian Register'' 26 August 1889 p.5 accessed 17 November 2011〕 By 1843 William and his brother Charles were farming a jointly-owned property in Myponga, while Dr. C. G. Everard was developing his properties "Ashford" and "Marshfield", to the west and east of the Bay Road respectively, and comprising much of the land between Keswick and Glenelg. Dr. Everard was the first colonist to grow wheat, on one of his City selections on Morphett Street.〔 ==Business== *For twenty years he was a Director of the National Bank *Director of the Trust and Agency Company *Director and for a time chairman of South Australian Mutual Life Assurance Society *Chairman of the Board of Directors of the City of Adelaide Land and Investment Co. Ltd. *Director of Adelaide, Payneham and Paradise Tramway Company〔 *Director and Chairman of Adelaide and Goodwood Tramway Company *Director and Chairman City of Adelaide Land and Investment Co. Ltd. *connected with the Largs Bay Land and Investment Company *associated with the Hon. Lavington Glyde, A. Abrahams, and other gentlemen in working the well-known Talisker Mine *He was one of the original purchasers of town acres, and the family held a large area of city property. The land on which the Bank of New South Wales and the Adelaide Club now stand belonged to Everard at one time, and also the acre now occupied by the Government Offices in Victoria Square. 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「William Everard (South Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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