The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Glass, Hugh
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Glass, Hugh, was born at Portferry, county Down, Ireland, in 1817, and was brought up to farming. He emigrated to Port Phillip, Vict., in 1840, and setting up in the squatting agency business in Melbourne, became himself one of the most extensive run-holders in Australia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly, and died in 1870.