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edward charles close
 edward charles close
edward charles close

edward charles close -lrb- senior -rrb- -lrb- 12 march 1790 -- 7 may 1866 -rrb- was a british soldier , engineer , new south wales colonial magistrate , member of the new south wales legislative council , and early european settler in morpeth .
close was transferred to newcastle where he was acting engineer from 1821 to 1822 .
closes ' son , edward charles close junior , was a member of the new south wales legislative assembly .
