Alexander Macleay MLC FLS FRS (24 June 1767 – 18 July 1848) was a Scottish-Australian leading member of the Linnean Society, a fellow of the Royal Society
interests. (From the early 1820s the spelling Macleay was adopted; descendants of Alexander's brothers retained MacLeay or McLeay). Soon after his arrival in
The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Formed by the confluence
MacLeay or Macleay or McLeay may refer to: Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), Scottish civil servant and entomologist. George Macleay (1809–1891), Australian
(all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Macleay Island is an island in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland, Australia. The
the Macleay family, one of the pre-eminent families in colonial Sydney including Alexander Macleay, William Sharp Macleay and William John Macleay. The
it was described by Dru Drury. The specimens were later bought by Alexander Macleay (1767–1848). Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for
Colony of Victoria. On 9 September 1836, the NSW Colonial Secretary, Alexander Macleay, declared Captain William Lonsdale the "Police Magistrate" of "the
was born on 9 November 1793 in London, England to Alexander Macleay and Elizabeth "Eliza" Macleay (née Barclay). Her father worked in the British civil
cream flowers. Macleaya is named after the Scottish entomologist Alexander Macleay (1767–1848). Both of the known species and the hybrid are cultivated