Bell, Edward

Edward Bell, 1813-1871


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Life Events


Born:10 March 1813Calicut, Bombay Presidency, India [now Kozhikode] [01].
Baptised:15 December 1813Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India [now Mumbai] [02].
Arrived:28 September 1839Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Duncan. Departed London, 28 May 1839 [03] [04].
Married (1):11 November 1844St James's Cathedral, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, to Susannah Elizabeth Hester Fenwick [1811-1858] [05] [06] [07].
Married (2):June 1864Kew, Colony of Victoria, to Annie Langford [08] [09].
Died:17 February 1871Walpole Street, Kew, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 57 years [10] [11] [12]
Buried:20 February 1871Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Presbyterian, Section A, No 0249] [13] [14].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:1851185218531854
Crown Lands:1851185218531854

Edward Bell (1872) [15]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1851-07-01Private SecretaryVictoriaLieutenant-Governor
1852-07-011852-12-31CommissionerVictoriaCrown LandsWimmera Wright
1853-01-011854-03-11Police MagistrateVictoriaPetty SessionsLexton Robert Stewart. CL Bourke.
1853-01-01CommissionerVictoriaCrown LandsWimmera

References


Notes

Notes
01 British India Office Births and Baptisms, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 26 December 2023].
02 British India Office Births and Baptisms, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 26 December 2023].
03 Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; Commercial Journal and Advertiser (Sydney), 2 October 1839, p 2 [Trove; 12 June 2023].
04 Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 225.
05 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1844-004878.
06 David White; The Men Who Bought Kew; in: Kew Historical Society Newsletter, September 2020, pp 4-5.
07 Susannah was a sister of Nicholas Alexander Fenwick.
08 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1864-001282, also M1864-002318.
09 David White; The Men Who Bought Kew; in: Kew Historical Society Newsletter, September 2020, pp 4-5.
10 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1871-001344.
11 Deaths - Bell; The Herald (Melbourne), 20 February 1871, p 2 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
12 The death notice has 18 February, but probate has 17 February and the coroner's inquest was held on the 18th, referring to the death as "yesterday."
13 Grave Locator [Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery; 26 December 2023].
14 Funeral Notices - Bell; The Argus (Melbourne), 20 February 1871, p 8 [Trove; 26 December 2023].
15 Thomas Foster Chuck; The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria; Melbourne, 1872 [State Library of Victoria; 22 October 2024].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-15Life Events updated.
2023-12-26Life Events updated and references added.