Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie (1778-1835) was the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. She was the youngest daughter of John Campbell of Airds, Scotland and at 26 met her distant cousin Colonel Lachlan Macquarie.
They were married at Holsworthy in Devon on 3 November 1807. The bride was 29, the groom 46. In September 1808 their first child, a daughter named Jane Jarvis after the first Mrs Macquarie, was born, but she died in December. Her second child, a boy named Lachlan, was born on 28 March 1814.
In 1809 Macquarie was appointed Governor of New South Wales. His wife accompanied him to the colony, although shortly before their departure she had a serious illness.
They landed in Sydney on 31 December 1809.
Elizabeth took a kindly interest in the welfare of women convicts and of the Aboriginals. She was also interested in gardening and agriculture.

Mrs Macquarie's Chair is an exposed sandstone rock on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour which bears her name. Hand-cut by convicts in 1810 into the shape of a bench it allowed her to enjoy the panoramic harbour views. The peninsula itself is named Mrs Macquarie's Point and she designed the road leading to the point which also carries her name. The point is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, at the end of Mrs Macquarie's Road.
She was known to sit on the rock and watch for ships from England sailing into the harbour and visit the area to sit enjoying the passing marine traffic.

The peninsula sits between the Garden Island peninsula to the east and Bennelong Point (Sydney Opera House) to the west. The chair itself faces north-east towards Fort Denison and the Pacific Ocean. The area around it on Mrs Macquarie's Point is a popular lookout position for the view to the north-west of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Elizabeth Macquarie entry in trhe Australian Dictionary of Biographies. (Author: Marjorie Barnard)