Airey, George Sherbrooke

George Sherbrooke Airey, 1810-1880

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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:General Sir George Airey [1760-1833] and Catherine Talbot (De Malahide) [1777-1852].
Born:18 October 1810Scotland [01].
Arrived:13 December 1837Launceston, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the ship Arabian. Departed London [02] [03] [04].
Married (1):20 November 1844St James's Cathedral, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, to Charlotte Stevens [?-1845] [05] [06] [07] [08].
Married (2):25 August 1847Trinity Episcopal Chapel [Holy Trinity Church], Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Anne (Robertson) Glasgow [?-1881] [09] [10] [11] [12].
Departed:2 March 1852Returned to England on the Northumberland [13] [14].
Died:27 September 1880Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy, aged 69 years [15] [16].
Buried:TBDTBD

Golden Colony Roles

Port Phillip:Crown Lands:18311832183318341835183618371838183918401841184218431844

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1822-04-04MidshipmanRoyal Navy
1828Passed Royal Navy examinationRoyal Navy Lieutenant.
1830-02-10LieutenantRoyal Navy
1831-08-22Lieutenant, HMS IsisRoyal Navy
1834-12-16Lieutenant, HMS ScyllaRoyal Navy
1836-02-23Lieutenant, HMS HoweRoyal Navy
1837LieutenantRoyal Navy Reserve
1841-07-081841-07-081844-09-20CommissionerNSWCrown LandsBourke CountyResigned.
18601864-06-30Lieutenant (Retired)Royal Navy Retired Commander.
1864-07-011880-09-27Commander (Retired)Royal Navy RetiredDied.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Primary source needed.
02⇑ Shipping Reports - Arrivals; Launceston Advertiser, 21 December 1837, p 2 [Trove, 23 February 2024]
03⇑ Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Volume 2 1834-1842; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1985; p 99.
04⇑ Newspaper reports describe the Arabian as a barque, but Lloyds has it registered as a ship.
05⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1844-04885.
06⇑ Australia, Marriages, 1788-1935. [Find My Past (Membership required) 18 December 2023].
07⇑ Married - Airey-Stevens; Geelong Advertiser, 25 November 1844, p 3 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
08⇑ The marriage index has St James's Cathedral, but the newspaper notice has Cheviot Hills, Goulburn River, near Yea, which is where Airey lived.
09⇑ Kilwinning Parish Records. [ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) 18 December 2023].
10⇑ Married - Airey-Glasgow; Glasgow Courier, 31 August 1847, p 3 [Find My Past (Membership required) 18 December 2023].
11⇑ Anne's father, Robert Robertson, married Anne Glasgow (senior), and took the name Robert Glasgow. His eldest son (Airey's brother-in-law) was Robert Robertson-Glasgow.
12⇑ The Glasgow Courier has the wedding at the Episcopal Chapel in Paisley. There are two entries in Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893 - a marriage proclamation, dated 4 August 1847, with Anne Robertson in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire (near Paisley), and the other dated 25 August 1847 with Anne Glasgow in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, proclaiming the wedding in Paisley.
13⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 February 1852, p 2 [Trove, 23 February 2024]
14⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Sailed; The Argus (Melbourne), 3 March 1852, p 2 [Trove, 23 February 2024]
15⇑ Obituary - Airey; London Illustrated News, 16 October 1880, p 22 [Find My Past (Membership required) 18 December 2023].
16⇑ Some sources have France, but this is where he had been living and where his wife later died.

Further Reading

Profile:William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 7.

Updates

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