Edward Hugh Barron

Edward Hugh Barron (8 Aug 1796 – 23 Feb 1863), was a soldier and pioneer in the Swan River Colony.

Barron travelled to the Swan River Colony as colour sergeant of the 63rd Regiment on board HMS Sulphur arriving 8 June 1829.

When the regiment left Western Australia in March 1834, Barron was one of eleven men allowed to stay in the colony with their wives and children.

[11] On 15 July 1834 Barron travelled to Mandurah for the purpose of buying a horse from Thomas Peel.

Their son Edward George Barron (17 September 1829 – 4 March 1901) was reputed to be the first white child born in the colony.