Belcher, William Redmond

William Redmond Belcher, 1814-1873

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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

Born:23 October 1814Dublin, Ireland [01].
Arrived:21 October 1833Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Mary Catherine. Departed Liverpool, 15 June 1833 [02] [03] [04].
Married:3 May 1842Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, to Grace Power [1824-1900] [05] [06].
Died:8 October 1873Port Albert, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 58 years [07] [08].
Buried:10 October 1873Alberton Cemetery, Alberton, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Yellow Section, Row 1, Grave b] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Chinese Protector:1851185218531854185518561857185818591860

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1834-11-16202nd ClerkNSWPost OfficeSydney
1836-04-011839-02-1321Clerk, 3rd ClassNSWConvicts OfficeSydneyResigned.
1839-02-141842-10-0821TBD
1842-11-01Extra ClerkNSWPetty SessionsMelbourne
1843-11-0929Chief ClerkNSWPetty SessionsMelbourne
1851-07-0136Chief ClerkVictoriaPetty SessionsMelbourneTransferred to Victoria on Separation.
1853-01-011859-05-0838Clerk of the BenchVictoriaPetty SessionsMelbourne
1858-0243Acting Chief Inspector of DistilleriesVictoriaDistilleriesMelbourne
1859-05-1644Coastwaiter and SearcherVictoriaTrade and CustomsBelvoir
1859-05-1644Chinese ProtectorVictoriaGold FieldsBelvoir
1860-02-1645Commissioner of Crown LandsVictoriaCrown LandsBelvoir
1860-05-0445Collector of CustomsVictoriaTrade and CustomsPort Albert
1860-05-0945Acting Receiver and PaymasterVictoriaTreasuryPalmerston
1860-05-1545Collector of ImpostsVictoriaTrade and CustomsRiver Murray
1860-06-1545Assistant Immigration Agent, Emigration OfficerVictoriaImmigrationPort Albert
1860-08-221860-07-0145Receiver and PaymasterVictoriaTreasuryPalmerston
1862-07-2247Land OfficerVictoriaCrown LandsPort Albert
1865-05-0850Land OfficerVictoriaCrown LandsPort AlbertReappointed under new Act.
1867-04-0852Collector of CustomsVictoriaTrade and CustomsBelfast
1867-04-0852Land OfficerVictoriaCrown LandsBelfast
1867-04-1252Receiver and PaymasterVictoriaTreasuryBelfast
1869-01-0554Magistrate (Justice of the Peace)VictoriaCrown LawBelfast
1871-01-231873-07-1456Returning OfficerVictoriaElectoralSouth Gippsland
1871-02-1356Magistrate (Justice of the Peace)VictoriaCrown LawAlberton
1871-03-201873-10-0856Acting Police MagistrateVictoriaCrown LawAlbertonDied.
1871-03-201873-10-0856Acting Warden of the Gold FieldsVictoriaCrown LawAlbertonDied.
1871-09-251873-10-0856CoronerVictoriaCrown LawAlbertonDied.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Charles Frederick Belcher; Genealogical Notes relating to William Belcher of Kells; Privately Published, 1944; pp 9, 10. The death date in this document is incorrect.
02⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Sydney Herald, 24 October 1833, p 2 [Trove, 21 April 2023].
03⇑ Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 103.
04⇑ This is most likely him, as he began as a clerk with the NSW Public Service in November 1834. He is listed as an attorney, though - at the age of 19 - he may not have completed his training.
05⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1842-000252, also M1842-004557, M1842-035458.
06⇑ Charles Frederick Belcher; Genealogical Notes relating to William Belcher of Kells; Privately Published, 1944; pp 9, 10.
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1873-010723.
08⇑ Deaths - Belcher; The Herald (Melbourne), 9 October 1873, p 2 [Trove, 21 March 2023].
09⇑ Find a Grave - William Redmond Belcher [ 17 May 2023].
10⇑ Sandra McClure; Here They Lie: A Location Guide to Headstones in the Alberton Cemetery; Yarram Genealogy Group, Yarram, 1996; p 18.

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-26Life Events updated and references added.