Marcus Freeman Brownrigg, 1801-1884
Contents: | Marcus Freeman Brownrigg: Profile Biography Research Notes |
Life Events
Born: | 1801 | Dublin, Ireland. |
Married: | 19 January 1830 | Colonial Church, Simon's Town, Cape Colony [South Africa], to Maria Caroline Blake [1812-1880] [01]. |
Arrived: | 16 November 1852 | Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the steam ship Sydney. Departed Plymouth, 4 August 1852 [02]. |
Died: | 1 December 1884 | St John's Parsonage, Launceston, Colony of Tasmania [son's residence], aged 84 years [03] [04]. |
Buried: | 6 December 1884 | Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Colony of New South Wales [Grave: Church of England, Section AA, Zone B, No 220 [05]. |
Golden Colony Roles
Career
Original | Gazetted | From | To | Age | R | Title | State | Department | District | S | Comments | FN |
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1813-02-03 | 12 | Royal Naval College | Royal Navy | Midshipman. | ||||||||
1816-02-03 | 1817-02-18 | 15 | Midshipman, HMS Alceste | Royal Navy | Wrecked | |||||||
1817 | 16 | Midshipman, HMS Glasgow | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1821 | 20 | Midshipman, HMS Leander | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1821-03-12 | 20 | Passed Royal Navy officer examination | Royal Navy | Acting Lieutenant. | ||||||||
1822-05-24 | 21 | Lieutenant (Acting), HMS Topaze | Royal Navy | Lieutenant. | ||||||||
1822-11-20 | 21 | Lieutenant | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1824-02-02 | 23 | Lieutenant, HMS Samarang | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1827-09-30 | 26 | Lieutenant, HMS Sparrowhawk | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1828-12-23 | 27 | Lieutenant, HMS Maidstone | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1832-12-13 | 31 | Lieutenant, HMS Castor | Royal Navy | Flag Lieutenant. | ||||||||
1833-05-15 | 32 | Flag-Lieutenant, HMS Donegal | Royal Navy | |||||||||
1834-08 | 33 | Lieutenant | Royal Navy Reserve | On half pay for 14 years | ||||||||
1849-01-01 | 47 | Lieutenant, HMS Impregnable | Royal Navy | Commander. | ||||||||
1851-05-01 | 1884-12-01 | 50 | Commander (Retired) | Royal Navy Retired | Died. | |||||||
1860-08-09 | 1860-08-09 | 1880-11-30 | 59 | Police Magistrate | NSW | Minister of Justice | Albury | Atkins. | ||||
1860-08-20 | 1860-08-16 | 59 | Police Magistrate | Victoria | Belvoir | Atkins. |
References
Notes
01⇑ | South Africa, Marriage Index, 1807-2007, [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023]. This was probably the St George's Church of England. Simon's Town was a Royal Navy base. |
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02⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1852, p 2 [Trove; 21 April 2023]. |
03⇑ | Deaths RGD/35/1/53, No 1769 [Libraries Tasmania; 30 December 2023]. |
04⇑ | Deaths - Brownrigg; Launceston Examiner, 2 December 1884, p 1 [Trove; 30 December 2023]. |
05⇑ | Marcus F Brownrigg [Rookwood Cemetery; 5 November 2023]. |
06⇑ | Retrieved from Ancestry (Membership required) . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version. |
Further Reading
Profile: | William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, pp 136-137. |
Updates
2024-10-13 | Page formatting revised. |
2023-12-30 | Life Events updated and references added. |
2022-02-07 | Military career updated. |