Blake, Richard Everard

Richard Everard Blake, 1819-1853

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Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; S [Sources].
Roles: = Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; 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; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.
Sources (S, S1, S2): = Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.
Other Symbols: = External link.
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.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed.
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Life Events

Born:1 May 1819Dublin, Ireland [01].
Married:18 May 1847St Peter's Church of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, to Maria (Mary) Elizabeth Gildea [1818-1901] [02].
Arrived:1851-1852TBD [03].
Died:4 April 1853Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria, aged 33 years [04] [05].
Buried:6 April 1853Castlemaine Cemetery, Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria [06].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:185118521853

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1841-01-241841-01-241841-05-2622Ensign, 22nd Regiment of FootBritish Army Ensign. Lieutenant.
1842-05-271842-05-271846-04-3023Lieutenant, 22nd Regiment of FootBritish Army 10th Light Dragoons.
1846-05-011846-05-011850-01-2523Lieutenant, 10th Light DragoonsBritish Army Retired.
18501853TBD
1853-01-131853-04-0433Junior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold FieldsCastlemaineDied

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ British Army Service Record WO 76/210/73 [National Archives UK; 22 May 2023].
02⇑ Marriage Registration [Irish Genealogy; 22 May 2023].
03⇑ Travelled to Australia without his family. After the 1851 UK Census and before his appointment as Deputy Commissioner in January 1853, possibly on the Royal George, arriving 6 February 1852.
04⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1853-000761.
05⇑ Mount Alexander; The Argus (Melbourne), 8 April 1853, p 4 [Trove; 22 May 2023].
06⇑ Mount Alexander; The Argus (Melbourne), 12 April 1853, p 9 [Trove; 29 December 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-28Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.