Mangles

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Mangles is the name of several people and things:

[edit] People

Mangles is the name of a wealthy English family whose members had amongst other things, interests in the Swan River Colony. Prominent members and interests include:

• James Mangles [1]. High Sheriff for Surrey in 1808. A director of the British East India Company. Represented Guildford in Parliament in 1832–37.

• James Mangles (RN) (1786-1867). Visited the Swan River Colony in 1831. Commissioned James Drummond (through George Fletcher Moore) to collect seeds, plants and herbarium specimens. He also received seeds and plants from Georgiana Molloy.

• Robert Mangles. Connected with the shipping company.

• Ellen Mangles. Third daughter of James snr.. Married James Stirling in 1823.

• Henry Mangles. A prolific gardener, introduced rhodedendrons and azealeas to England and also introduced Jekyll and Lutchens.

• Ross Lowis Mangles. One of the 3 civilians to ever have been awarded a Victoria Cross for saving a wounded soldier during the Indian Mutiny.

[edit] Others

• The shipping company F. & C.F. Mangles sent one convict ship (if not more) to Sydney around 1800. It ran a regular service to the colony from 1835. Its principal was James Mangles Snr.

• The Western Australian state floral emblem, the Red and Green Kangaroo Paw, Anigozanthos manglesii, is named after Robert (or James).

• Mangles Bay off Rockingham, Western Australia is named after the family.