130:
136:
37:. He acquired 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land in the city centre, as well as fifteen country sections. He was elected to the committee of the Merchant's Institute, and became good friends with the colonial chaplain, James Farrell, and Bishop Augustus Short. Da Costa left the colony in 1848, returning to London. He died of lung cancer in November 1868.
219:
26:, London, to Benjamin Mendes da Costa and his second wife, Louisa. Although da Costa's father was a Jew, the children of his second marriage were brought up as members of the
44:. The estate was subject to the life interests of ten relations; the last died in 1910 upon which time the property was vested in the school. St Peter's has named a hall, a
175:
204:
84:
209:
194:
71:
224:
168:
41:
76:
161:
33:
In July 1840, da Costa emigrated to the newly settled colony of South
Australia, becoming a successful merchant on
34:
135:
214:
199:
22:(17 July 1803 - 26 November 1868) was an English merchant and philanthropist. Da Costa was born in
129:
66:
98:
90:
80:
27:
145:
188:
23:
94:
102:
40:
In his will, da Costa bequeathed his South
Australian landholdings to
45:
149:
75:. Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography,
169:
8:
220:English people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
176:
162:
144:This Australian biography article is a
57:
67:"Benjamin Mendes da Costa (1803–1868)"
7:
125:
123:
16:English merchant and philanthropist
205:Deaths from lung cancer in England
148:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
72:Australian Dictionary of Biography
14:
48:and a scholarship in his honour.
134:
128:
77:Australian National University
1:
42:St Peter's College, Adelaide
210:People from Enfield, London
195:Settlers of South Australia
241:
122:
65:Miller, J. S. C. (1974).
20:Benjamin Mendes da Costa
225:Australian people stubs
157:
156:
86:978-0-522-84459-7
28:Church of England
232:
178:
171:
164:
140:
139:
138:
132:
124:
114:
113:
111:
109:
62:
240:
239:
235:
234:
233:
231:
230:
229:
185:
184:
183:
182:
133:
127:
120:
118:
117:
107:
105:
87:
64:
63:
59:
54:
17:
12:
11:
5:
238:
236:
228:
227:
222:
217:
212:
207:
202:
197:
187:
186:
181:
180:
173:
166:
158:
155:
154:
141:
116:
115:
85:
56:
55:
53:
50:
35:Hindley Street
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
237:
226:
223:
221:
218:
216:
213:
211:
208:
206:
203:
201:
198:
196:
193:
192:
190:
179:
174:
172:
167:
165:
160:
159:
153:
151:
147:
142:
137:
131:
126:
121:
104:
100:
96:
92:
88:
82:
78:
74:
73:
68:
61:
58:
51:
49:
47:
43:
38:
36:
31:
29:
25:
21:
150:expanding it
143:
119:
106:. Retrieved
70:
60:
39:
32:
19:
18:
215:1803 births
200:1868 deaths
189:Categories
52:References
95:1833-7538
103:70677943
108:13 June
24:Enfield
101:
93:
83:
46:house
146:stub
110:2007
99:OCLC
91:ISSN
81:ISBN
191::
97:.
89:.
79:.
69:.
30:.
177:e
170:t
163:v
152:.
112:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
