Doveton, Francis Crossman

Francis Crossman Doveton, 1817-1905

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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:18 October 1817Marksbury, Somerset, England [01].
Baptised:20 November 1817St Michael's Church of England, Burnett, Somerset, England [02].
Arrived:21 November 1838Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Earl Grey. Departed Greenock, Scotland, 12 June 1838, London, 8 August 1838 [03] [04] [05].
Married (1):3 September 1842St John's Anglican Church, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, to Margaret Bostock [1824-1853] [06] [07].
Married (2):14 July 1855Church of England, Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria, to Mary Ann Snell [1838-1901] [08] [09].
Died:10 July 1905Copeland, 96 Lewisham Road, Prahran, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 87 years [10] [11].
Buried:11 July 1905St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Roman Catholic, Compartment A, No 0681] [12] [13].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:1851185218531854185518561857185818591860
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:1851185218531854185518561857185818591860
Chinese Protector:1851185218531854185518561857185818591860

Francis Crossman Doveton [14].

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1833-01-151835-06-3015Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military CollegeBritish ArmySandhurst Ensign.
1837-09-021837-09-021841-10-1419Ensign, 51st Regiment of Foot British Army Lieutenant.
1841-10-151841-10-151844-12-3123Lieutenant, 51st Regiment of Foot British ArmyRetired by sale of Commission.[15]
1844-01-011851-08-18TBD

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 [Ancestry (Membership required) 6 January 2024].
02⇑ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 [Ancestry (Membership required) 6 January 2024].
03⇑ Ship News - Arrivals; Commercial Journal and Advertiser (Sydney), 24 November 1838, p 2 [Trove, 22 April 2023].
04⇑ Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 203.
05⇑ With detachments of the 51st Regiment and 288 male convicts.
06⇑ Libraries Tasmania Marriages RGD/37/1/2 No 1611 [ 6 January 2024].
07⇑ Marriages - Doveton-Bostock; The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston), 10 September 1842, p 2 [Trove, 6 January 2024].
08⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Certificate M1855-001914.
09⇑ Marriages - Doveton-Snell; Mount Alexander Mail, 27 July 1855, p 2 [Trove, 6 January 2024].
10⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1905-010360.
11⇑ Deaths - Doveton; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 July 1905, p 1 [Trove, 18 April 2023].
12⇑ St Kilda Cemetery Deceased Search [ 6 January 2024].
13⇑ Funeral Notices - Doveton; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 July 1905, p 1 [Trove, 6 January 2024].
14⇑ Flickr . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version.
15⇑ Doveton's death notice refers to him as "late captain 51st Regiment", but he retired as a lieutenant.

Further Reading

Profile:Doveton, Francis Crossman (1818-1905); in: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni; The Eureka Encyclopaedia; Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004; pp 158-159.
Statistics:Doveton, Francis Crossman (1818-1905); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 188.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-06Life Events updated and references added.