Bull, John Edward Newell

John Edward Newell Bull, 1806-1901

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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:11 October 1806Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland [01].
Married:17 April 1830Kandy, Island of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], to Mary Gunn [1810-1906] [02].
Arrived:9 November 1842Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the barque Kinnear. Departed Deptford, 30 May 1842 [03] [04].
Died:25 May 1901Varroville, near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia [daughter's residence], aged 95 years [05] [06].
Buried:28 May 1901St Saviours Anglican Cemetery, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia [Grave: No 423] [07] [08].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Crown Lands:18511852185318541855185618571858
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

John Edward Newell Bull [09]

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1820-02-081825-04-0313Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military CollegeBritish ArmySandhurst Ensign.
1825-04-071825-04-071826-06-1418Ensign, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army Adjutant. Lieutenant.
1826-05-041826-05-041838-10-1819Adjutant, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army
1826-06-151826-06-151838-10-1819Lieutenant, 78th Regiment of Foot British Army Lieutenant.
1838-10-191838-10-191842-01-0632Captain, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army Deputy Judge Advocate.
1840Deputy Judge AdvocateBritish ArmyNorthern UK
1842-01-071842-01-071848-09-1235Captain, 99th Regiment of Foot British ArmyRetired by sale of Commission
1842-10-2536Dublin to Hobart Town on KinnearVDLWith the 99th Regiment, family, convicts
1842-11-201848-03-3136Assistant Engineer and SuperintendentNSWBritish ArmyStockade Blackheath, Blue Mountain Road
1848-04-011849-05-3141TBDNSW
1849-06-011849-10-0742Assistant Engineer and SuperintendentNSWStockade Blackheath, Blue Mountain Road
1849-10-0842Superintendent and Visiting Justice of the GangNSWBreakwater Newcastle
1852-10-09185346Resident CommissionerVictoriaGold CommissionSandhurst
18531855-06-3047Resident CommissionerVictoriaGold CommissionCastlemaine
1855-07-011859-12-3148Resident WardenVictoriaGold DepartmentCastlemaine
1858-02-081858-02-08186251Chinese ProtectorVictoriaGold Department
1860-01-011868-12-3153Police MagistrateVictoriaCastlemaineRetired
1860-01-011868-12-3153WardenVictoriaGold DepartmentCastlemaineRetired

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ The National Archives (UK) - War Office WO025-0800 - Returns of Officers' Services - 76th-80th Foot. Page 192, John Edward Newell Bull [ 30 December 2023].
02⇑ The National Archives (UK) - War Office WO025-3239 - Reports of Officers' Marriages. Page 150, John Edward Newell Bull [ 30 December 2023].
03⇑ Ship News; Australasian Chronicle (Sydney), 10 November 1842, p 3 [Trove, 30 May 2023].
04⇑ With his wife, 4 children, a female servant, 180 convicts, and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regiment. The ship left Deptford with Bull and the troops, picked up the convicts at Kingstown, departing 6 July, disembarked the convicts at Hobart Town, then continued to Sydney on 29 October.
05⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Death Index D1901-005381.
06⇑ Deaths - Bull; The Argus (Melbourne), 29 May 1901, p 1 [Trove, 30 December 2023].
07⇑ Find a Grave - John Edward Newall Bull [ 30 December 2023].
08⇑ Death of Colonel Bull; Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 28 May 1901, p 4 [Trove, 30 December 2023].
09⇑ Retrieved from Ancestry . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version.

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Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-30Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.