Addis, Edward Brown

Edward Brown Addis, 1790-1866

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Roles (R): = Government Office (Paid),   = Government Duties (Unpaid),   = On leave,   = To be determined,   = Squatter/Grazier,   = Private enterprise,   = Parliament/Council,
= British Army,   = Royal Marines,   = British Militia,   = State Militia,   = East India Company Army,   = Royal Navy,   = Other Maritime,
= Education,   = Army Education,   = Navy Education,   = Immigration,   = Emigration,   = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book,  CL = Commissioner of Crown Lands,  CP = Chinese Protector,  CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions,  GC = Gold Commissioner,  GR = Gold Receiver,
GW = Warden of the Gold Fields,  JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate),  PM = Police Magistrate,
FN = Footnotes,  PSL = Public Service List  S/S1/S2 = Source,  TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed,   = Reappointed (under new legislation),   = Promoted,   = Demoted,   = Redesignated,   = Succeeded,   = Transferred,   = Replaced.
= Position made permanent,   = Paid as (role).
Sources (S): = Blue Book,   = Blue Book derived,   = Government Gazette,   = Government Gazette derived,   = Public Service List,   = Public Service List derived,
= Report,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract,   = Cemetery,   = Census,   = Legal,
= Newspaper family notice,   = Newspaper article,   = Book/Magazine,   = Other,   = Unconfirmed,   = Military service record,   = Internet.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format,  "Ongoing" = Continues into next calendar year,  New date,  Date changed in source,  Date died,  Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Other Symbols: = External link,   = Army promotion by purchase of commission,   = By exchange.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed information.
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Life Events

Parents:George Curzon Addis and Mary Griffon.
Born:2 September 1790St Michaels, Middlesex, England [01].
Baptised:25 September 1790St Michael Cornhill Church of England, London, England [02].
Married (1):28 February 1826St Mary's Church of England, Portsea, Hampshire, England, to Elizabeth McArthur [1802-1860] [03] [04].
Arrived:20 February 1839Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque Louisa Campbell. Departed Plymouth, 2 October 1838 [05] [06] [07].
Departed:14 February 1853Returned to England on the ship Woodbridge. Departed Geelong [08] [09].
Married (2):4 September 1861St Andrew's Church of England, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, to Jane Sophia Lee [1815-1887] [10] [11].
Died:13 April 1866Laira Villa, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England [residence] [12] [13].
Buried:19 April 1866Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devonshire, England [Grave: Section D, Row 4, No 10] [14].

Golden Colony Roles

Port Phillip:Crown Lands:18311832183318341835183618371838183918401841184218431844184518461847184818491850
1851
Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852
Crown Lands:185118521853

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1803-08-1312First Class Volunteer, HMS ExcellentRoyal Navy Midshipman.
1806-0715Midshipman, HMS ZealousRoyal Navy
16Midshipman, HMS AthenienneRoyal Navy
16Midshipman, HMS SaturnRoyal Navy
1807-1017Midshipman, HMS BarracoutaRoyal Navy
1808-07-041810-03-2117Midshipman, HMS Francis DrakeRoyal Navy
1810-03-221810-03-2617Midshipman, HMS RussellRoyal NavyTemporary attachment. Acting Lieutenant.
181017Lieutenant (Acting), HMS Francis DrakeRoyal Navy Lieutenant.
1811-08-091813-06-0721Lieutenant, HMS Francis DrakeRoyal Navy
1813-08-111811-11-0223Lieutenant, HMS DasherRoyal Navy
1814-11-031824-02-2024LieutenantRoyal Navy Reserve
1824-02-211825-03-0534Lieutenant (Supernumerary), HMS RamillesRoyal Navy
1825-03-061831-05-2334Lieutenant (Supernumerary), HMS HyperionRoyal Navy
1831-05-241851-07-2739LieutenantRoyal Navy Reserve Commander.
1839-02-2048London to Melbourne on the Louisa Campbell
1851-07-281851-07-281866-04-1360CommanderRoyal Navy ReserveDied.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [Ancestry (Membership required) 21 May 2023]
02⇑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [Ancestry (Membership required) 21 May 2023].
03⇑ England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 [Ancestry (Membership required) 21 May 2023].
04⇑ A Naval Biographical Dictionary has 9 March.
05⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; Port Phillip Gazette, 23 February 1839, p 2 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
06⇑ Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Volume 2 1834-1842; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1985; p 127.
07⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 1 1798-1845; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1984; p 31.
08⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Port of Geelong - Sailed; The Argus (Melbourne), 16 February 1853, p 4 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
09⇑ Woodbridge Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 948, January-February 1853 [ 123 February 2024].
10⇑ Marriage - Addis-Lee; Western Morning News, 5 September 1861, p 2 [Find My Past (Membership required) 21 May 2023].
11⇑ England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 [FamilySearch 18 December 2023].
12⇑ Commander Edward Brown Addis; Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette, 21 April 1866, p 4 [Find My Past (Membership required) 4 April 2023].
13⇑ Some sources have Laird Villa, but Laira Villa was also the name of his property in Geelong.
14⇑ Devon Burials - Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, [Find My Past (Membership required) 24 September 2023].

Further Reading

Profile:William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 6.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-18Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.