Colonel William Paterson, FRS was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant Governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement at Port Dalrymple in Tasmania. In 1795, Paterson gave an order that resulted in the massacre of a number of men, women and children, members of the Bediagal tribe.

Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a notable member of the British aristocracy during the Georgian period in the 18th century.