Landowner, trained silversmith, merchant and watercolorist who was born son of Thomas Habgood of Newdegate Street, in the city of London, later of 16 Hatton Garden, then a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. In 1826 William Bowles completed his apprenticeship with his father. William and his brothers Thomas Stephen and John Habgood were interested in acquiring land and were original signatories to the West Australian Land and Immigration Committee in 1828. The first of the brothers to set out for the new colony was William, who immigrated to Western Australia in 1830 to be followed by his seventeen-year-old brother Robert Mace Habgood in 1831. He was the brother of Thomas Stephen who arrived later and one of the first directors of The Bank of Western Australia. He died young of consumption and his considerable fortune went to his younger brother Robert Mace Habgood. A delightful painting by William Habgood is in the National Library of Australia.
- Writers:
- Erickson, Dorothy (Dr)
- Date written:
- 2011
- Last updated:
- 2011
