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Kirkpatrick Family History
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 1859 - 1940 (81 years)
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| Name |
William VICARS |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
,C.B.E.,Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Sydney |
| Born |
24 May 1859 |
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Oct 1940 |
Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
- Ref:The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 21 October 1940 p 5 Article
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| Buried |
South Head Cemetery, Sydney, Australia |
| Person ID |
I5327 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Family |
Mary Emily HUTTON, b. 22 Nov 1863, Raspberry Creek, North Queensland.Australia , d. 12 Feb 1945, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
23 Jul 1884 |
the Presbyterian Church, Rockhampton |
- Ref:Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Thursday 24 July 1884 p 1 Family Notices
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| Children |
| | 1. Mary VICARS, b. 1885, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , d. 1885, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Mabel Rose VICARS, b. 1888, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia , d. 13 Feb 1970, Double Bay, New South Wales, Ausralia (Age 82 years) |
| | 3. Sidney Gordon VICARS, b. 1888, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , d. 29 Mar 1936, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia (Age 48 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F1669 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- William Vicars was co-proprietor, with his brother Robert, of John Vicars & Co. and a director of the Sydney Woollen Mills Ltd.
He also became prominent in the business life of Sydney and was noted for his philanthropy. In 1900-01 and 1914 he was president of the Chamber of Manufacturers of New South Wales.
After World War I he championed the cause of returned servicemen; he was chairman of the State Repatriation Board in 1919-20 and of its purchase and contract and orphan education boards until 1922. In 1921 he and Robert gave Pitt Town Farm to the Church Social Campaign to train needy ex-servicemen for the land. Long associated with the work of the Australian Red Cross Society, in 1920 he became chairman of its convalescent homes committee and in 1921 chairman of the New South Wales division of the society.
He was appointed C.B.E. in 1920 and knighted in 1922
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