The house was rented from 1867 to 1872 to Henry Cary Dangar and his family. Henry Cary Dangar Henry Cary Dangar (1830-1917) was born in 1830 in . His father was Henry Dangar (1796-1861) who was an early pioneer and wealthy pastoralist. Henry (junior) was educated in England at Cambridge University and became a lawyer. He returned to Sydney but did not continue to practice law and instead followed his father into pastoral pursuits and was a famous breeder of race horses. In 1865 Henry married Lucy Jane Lamb (1841-1914), the daughter of Captain John Lamb, a naval officer, politician and merchant. Soon after their marriage they rented Redleaf for about five years. They then moved to Grantham in Potts Point. In 1873 John Gray Brewster and his wife Frances rented Redleaf for two years. Brewster was a stock and station agent who owned the firm, Brewster and Trebeck. William Busby William Busby and his wife Catherine bought Redleaf in . Busby was born in 1813 in England and came with his family to Australia at the age of 11. His father was John Busby, a Government official. He and his brother, Alexander, became pastoralists and William acquired a very large property near Cassilis which he called Dalkeith. It became a notable horse stud. In 1856 Busby married Catherine Anne Woore, twenty three years his junior. Catherine's father was Thomas Woore who owned a property called Pomeroy, near Goulburn. The couple had four sons and eight daughters. In 1867 Busby became a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly and held this position until his death. He was active in the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, a director of the Mercantile Bank of Sydney; and a foundation member of the Australian Club in Sydney. In 1875, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales. When Busby died in 1887, Redleaf was placed on the market and the Lassetter family bought the house and moved in . Frederic Lassetter Frederic Lassetter (1828-1911) was born in 1828 in Taunton, England. He came to Australia with his family in 1832 at the age of four. They moved to Launceston, Tasmania and his father who was a Wesleyan Minister opened a school. In 1850 he went to Sydney and joined the firm of his uncle Lancelot Iredale which was called L. Iredale and Company. This firm had been