Crawford, William

William Crawford, 1815-1862

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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:8 September 1815County Monaghan, Ireland [01].
Arrived:Before March 1853TBD [02].
Married:29 December 1853Licensed School House, St Kilda, Colony of Victoria, to Mary Ann Winthrop Halstead [1829-1924] [03]
Died:9 November 1862Williamstown, Colony of Victoria [residence of Charles Ferguson], aged 47 years [04] [05].
Buried:11 November 1862Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Presbyterian, Section A, Row 01, No 0002] [06] [07].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1824-04-288Joined Royal NavyRoyal Navy[08]
1830-06-0214Passed Royal Navy examinationRoyal Navy Mate.
1830-06-021841-11-2214MateRoyal Navy
1830-06-091830-06-1914Mate, HMS AsiaRoyal Navy
1831-06-231832-06-1215Mate, HMS DublinRoyal Navy
1832-06-131832-11-1916Mate, HMS ClioRoyal Navy
1832-11-201834-10-0217Mate, HMS DublinRoyal Navy
1837-06-121837-07-2921Mate, HMS PembrokeRoyal Navy
1837-07-301840-05-1721Mate, HMS LightningRoyal Navy
1840-05-181841-11-2224Mate, HMS RodneyRoyal Navy Lieutenant.
1841-11-231862-11-0926LieutenantRoyal NavyDied
1841-11-301842-10-1526Lieutenant, HMS ImpregnableRoyal Navy
1842-10-161845-11-0527Lieutenant, HMS BelvideraRoyal Navy
1845-12-021849-05-1530Lieutenant, HMS ScourgeRoyal Navy
1849-05-161862-11-0933LieutenantRoyal Navy ReserveDied
1849-05-161853-03-03TBD

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Admiralty, Officers' Service Records ADM 196/13/71 - Crawford, William [National Archives UK; 3 January 2024]. County from Crawford's marriage certificate. He lied about his age when he joined the Navy in 1824, claiming to be 14. The entry in the service record is after this was discovered. At his death, he was said to be in his 51st year, also implying an 1810 birth.
02⇑ Crawford's first Victorian Public Service appointment was on 4 March 1853.
03⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Certificate M1853-001476.
04⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1862-010004.
05⇑ Deaths - Crawford; The Argus (Melbourne), 10 November 1862, p 4 [Trove; 18 April 2023]. Reported as age 51 years.
06⇑ William Crawford [Williamstown Cemetery; 3 January 2024].
07⇑ Funeral Notices - Crawford; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 November 1862, p 8 [Trove; 3 January 2024].
08⇑ Lied about his age, claiming to be 14.

Further Reading

Profile:William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 239.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-03Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.