After his arrival at the Swan River Colony on the Marquis of Anglesea on 23 August 1829 at the age of 30, Edward Barrett-Lennard was permitted to select land along the Swan River at Guildford. He did so in October 1829, naming this 'St Leonards'. He also obtained a grant of land at Beverley. In December 1829 he was appointed as a JP for the Guildford district. In 1836 he returned to England during which he married Elizabeth Graham on 28 September 1837. Their first child Thomas Graham was born prior to their return to Perth in 1840. They went on to have six more children. Elizabeth returned to England in 1854 with William and the girls and she did not return. Amelia died at the age of 6, Robert died at 15 from a riding accident and William at 21 from illness. Fanny and Rosa married in England and had families but of the siblings, only Edward Graham Barrett-Lennard survived in the Colony to have children there. In May 1840 Edward P Barrett-Lennard was appointed to the Colony's Legislative Council, though he resigned the following year, apparently due to disagreements over the Government's land policies. In November 1841 a disastrous fire destroyed the 'St Leonards' homestead and Edward suffered a huge financial loss as a result. At his peak Edward P Barrett-Lennard had control of more than 16,000 acres of freehold land. However by 1866 he had become bankrupt. He was generously assisted at this point by his son's father-in-law. James Wall Hardey. Edward P. was never to regain ownership or control of any of his former properties, though he was able to remain on St Leonards, now the property of his son, Edward Graham and his wife Mary Ann (nee Hardey). Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard died at age 79 years on 29 June 1878. He was buried at the old Guildford Cemetery, now adjacent to rear of the Chapel at Guildford Grammar School. This material has been primarily drawn from the booklet published by Donald Barrett-Lennard entitled 'Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard, 1985.