De Salis, John Henry

John Henry Anthony Hubert Fane De Salis, 1818-1894

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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:10 December 1818Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France [01] [02] [03] [04].
Baptised:10 January 1819Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France [05]
Married:12 August 1846St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta [Kolkota], Bengal Presidency, India, to Julia Stanley Palmer Shum [1824-1890] [06].
Arrived:17 May 1853Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Forres. Departed London, 26 January 1853 [07].
Departed:22 May 1854Returned to Calcutta [Kolkota], Bengal Presidency, India, on the American clipper ship Queen of the Seas [08].
Died:11 February 1894Bangalore [Bengaluru], Madras Presidency, India [09] [10].
Buried:12 February 1894St Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore [Bengaluru], Madras Presidency, India [11].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:1851185218531854

John Henry Fane De Salis [12].

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Foreign Registers and Returns: France [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 21 September 2023].
02⇑ Bernard Burke; A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2; Harrison and Sons, London, 1895; p 576.
03⇑ The memorial plaque in Harlington, Middlesex, has 10 December 1819, but this is incorrect.
04⇑ Born De Salis, his father obtained a Royal licence and authority from King William IV in 1835 to use the surname Fane De Salis for himself and his descendants. Unlike his brothers, John Henry seems not to have used Fane, though his children did.
05⇑ Foreign Registers and Returns: France [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 21 September 2023].
06⇑ British India Office Marriages, St Paul, Bengal [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 21 September 2023].
07⇑ Arrivals; The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List, 21 May 1853, p 150 [Trove; 21 September 2023].
08⇑ Departures; The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List, 29 May 1854, p 94 [Trove; 21 September 2023].
09⇑ British India Office Deaths and Burials, Bangalore, St Mark, Madras [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 21 September 2023].
10⇑ There is a memorial plaque to John Henry, his wife, and two of their children - who all died in India or Australia - in the St Peter and St Paul Church of England, Harlington, Middlesex, England [ 25 September 2023].
11⇑ British India Office Deaths and Burials, Bangalore, St Mark, Madras [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 21 September 2023].
12⇑ John Henry Fane de Salis [Geni; 30 October 2024].

Further Reading

Family:Fane de Salis; in: Sir Bernard Burke; A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2; Harrison and Sons, London, 1895; pp 574-577.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-05Life Events updated and references added.