Mayor 1871
Peter Speare was an immigrant from Malmo in Sweden. He became a butcher in the late 1850s and invested in tin mining and later gold mining at Hillgrove. Because of his business background, he was appointed treasurer of council in February 1870. He built the home in Armidale which was later purchased by the St. Ursuline order in 1882. He died in 1897 in Sydney and at that time was a resident of Ashfield. He owned a large brickworks at St. Peters.
Unfortunately a photograph of Peter Speare was unable to be located.