Bell, Edward

Edward Bell, 1813-1871




Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes

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 Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery Grave Locator [ 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.