David Berry (December 1795 – 23 September 1889) was Scottish born horse and cattle breeder, landowner and benefactor in colonial

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. Berry was the eighth of nine children born to James Berrie (died 1827) and his wife Isabel Tod (died 1830) and was baptised 29 December 1795.

Alexander Berry Alexander Berry (30 November 1781 – 17 September 1873) was a Scottish-born surgeon, merchant and explorer who was given in 1822 a land grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) and 100 convicts to establish the first European settlement on the sout ...

was his eldest brother. Berry was born at

Cupar Cupar ( ; gd, Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fif ...

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, Scotland, and was educated at the

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. He arrived in New South Wales on board the ''Midlothian'' in July 1836, and proceeded to the estate of his elder brother, Dr. Alexander Berry, at

Coolangatta Estate The Coolangatta Estate at Coolangatta, near Shoalhaven Heads was established in 1822 by Alexander Berry on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Coolangatta Estate is located on the northern bank of the Shoalhaven River, in the footh ...

, which he managed in conjunction with another brother, John, for eleven years, and after the latter's death carried on the concern alone until 1873, when Dr. Alexander Berry died and devised the whole of his property to his brother David, who followed the system of cultivating and fencing a large portion of his land whilst the remainder was leased out in farms of varying size on peculiar and unusually profitable terms. Mr. Berry died, at the age of ninety-three, on 23 September 1889, and by his will bequeathed £100,000 to his ''alma mater'', St. Andrews University, and a like sum to found a hospital in the

Shoalhaven The City of Shoalhaven is a local government area in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is about south of Sydney. The Princes Highway passes through the area, and the South Coast railway line traverses t ...

district of New South Wales.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, David 1795 births 1889 deaths Alumni of the University of St Andrews Scottish philanthropists Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia People from Cupar 19th-century British philanthropists 19th-century Australian businesspeople