Anderson, William Acland Douglass

William Acland Douglass Anderson, 1829-1882




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Life Events


Parents:Joseph Anderson [1790-1877] and Mary Campbell [1791-1869].
Born:31 October 1829Blackburn, Lancashire, England [01].
Baptised:14 February 1830St Mary-the-Virgin Catholic Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England [02].
Arrived:27 May 1853Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the ship St Vincent. Departed London, 24 November 1852 [03].
Married:1 May 1856St Paul's Church of England, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, to Caroline Davidson [1838-1921] [04] [05].
Died:23 January 1882Fairlie House, South Yarra, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 52 years [06] [07].
Buried:25 January 1882St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment B, No 0469] [08]

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855

William Acland Douglass Anderson (c1860) [09]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1846-04-011846-04-011848-08-2416Ensign, 50th Regiment of FootBritish Army Lieutenant.
1848-08-251848-08-251852-05-2018Lieutenant, 50th Regiment of Foot British Army Adjutant. Captain.
1852-02-141852-02-141852-05-2022Adjutant, 50th Regiment of FootBritish Army
1852-05-211852-05-211852-06-0722Captain, 50th Regiment of Foot British Army
1852-06-081852-06-081854-03-2822Captain, 65th Regiment of Foot British ArmyRetired by sale of Commission.

References


Notes

Notes
01 The National Archives (UK) - War Office WO076-0339 - 65th Regiment. Page 21, William A D Anderson [ 20 December 2023].
02 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [Ancestry (Membership required) 20 December 2023].
03 Shipping News - Hobart Town Arrivals; The Courier (Hobart), 27 May 1853, p 2 [Trove, 23 February 2024]. This was the last convict ship to Van Diemen's Land. There were also detachments from Anderson's 65th Regiment and the 58th Regiment.
04 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1856-001305.
05 Married - Anderson-Davidson; The Argus (Melbourne), 3 May 1856, p 4 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
06 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1882-003526.
07 Deaths - Anderson; The Argus (Melbourne), 24 January 1882, p 1 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
08 St Kilda Cemetery Deceased Search - William D A Anderson [sic] [ 19 December 2023]. The cemetery has 24 January, but newspaper notices and reports of the military funeral have 25 January.
09 National Library of Australia [ 23 October 2024].

Further Reading

Biography:Warren Perry; Anderson, William Acland (1829-1882); Australian Dictionary of Biography [ 23 February 2024].
Profile:Anderson, Colonel William Acland; in: H Morin Humphreys; Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series [Second Edition]; McCarron, Bird, and Co, Melbourne, 1882; pp 3-4.
Profile:Anderson, Colonel William Acland; in John Henniker Heaton; Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time; George Robertson, Sydney, 1879; p 4.
Profile:William Acland Douglas [sic] Anderson; Wikipedia [ 23 October 2024].
Statistics:William Acland Douglas [sic] Anderson; Parliament of Victoria [ 5 November 2024].
Statistics:Kathleen Thomson, Alan Serle; A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament 1859-1900; Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972; p 5.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-14Life Events corrected.
2023-12-19Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.