His full title was "Director of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria"[4] and he was the son of William Le Souef of Kent, England, where he was born in 1828.
He was of French descent, his forefathers were exiled Huguenots who sought refuge in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in 1685.
Leaving their native land for conscience sake, these staunch French Protestants scattered over several counties in England, Mr.
Le Souef spent nearly the whole of his life in the State, having arrived with his parents in the year 1840, aboard the ship "Eagle".
As the duties attendant on that office only occupied about half the year, it was with the cordial assent of the then Chief Secretary, Sir James McCulloch, and the President and members of the Legislative Council, that Mr.