Hugh Glass (pastoralist)

Hugh Glass
Born1817 (1817)
Portaferry, County Down, Ireland
Died15 May 1871(1871-05-15) (aged 53–54)
Flemington, Victoria, Australia
Spouse
Lucinda Nash
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(m. 1853)​
Children10

Hugh Glass (1817 – 15 May 1871) was an Australian pastoralist, landowner and land speculator, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in colonial Victoria in the 1850s and 1860s. His wealth was built on pastoral holdings and land deals and he exercised enormous influence over the colony's parliament.

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