Dowling, Charles Cholmeley

Charles Cholmeley Dowling, 1835-1894

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Contents:Charles Cholmeley Dowling:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes
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:17 March 1835Coventry, Warwickshire, England [01].
Baptised:14 April 1835Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry, Warwickshire, England [02].
Arrived:23 September 1852Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Statesman. Departed Portsmouth, 28 June 1852 [03] [04].
Married (1):20 February 1861St Andrew's Church of England, Hobart Town, Colony of Tasmania, to Christina Walker Robertson [1840-1883] [05] [06].
Married (2):8 January 1885St George's Church of England, Hobart, Colony of Tasmania, to Lavinia Wilson [1858-1946] [07] [08].
Departed:26 February 1885Returned to England on the RMS Rome [09] [10] [11].
Died:27 June 189413 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, England [residence], aged 59 years [12] [13].
Buried:June 1894Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England [Grave: Cons 30046] [14] [15].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
18711872187318741875187618771878
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
18711872187318741875187618771878
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Primary source needed.
02⇑ Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1910 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 6 January 2024].
03⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Argus (Melbourne), 24 September 1852, p 4 [Trove; 15 June 2023].
04⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 125.
05⇑ Marriages RGD37/1/20, No 0078 [Libraries Tasmania; 16 June 2023].
06⇑ Marriages - Dowling-Robertson; The Mercury (Hobart), 21 February 1861, p 2 [Trove; 16 June 2023].
07⇑ Marriages RGD37/1/44, No 0134 [Libraries Tasmania; 16 June 2023].
08⇑ Marriages - Dowling-Wilson; Tasmanian News, 10 January 1885, p 2 [Trove; 16 June 2023].
09⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Argus (Melbourne), 27 February 1885, p 4 [Trove; 16 June 2023].
10⇑ Rome Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 948, January-June 1885 [PROV; 16 June 2023].
11⇑ Dowling and his new bride left for England some time between their marriage in January 1885 and the birth of their first child in London in August 1886. This seems to be the most likely voyage with a Mr and Mrs C Dowling travelling to Venice, though their ages are wrong in the passenger list.
12⇑ Registered St George Hanover Square.
13⇑ Deaths - Dowling; The Mercury (Hobart), 29 June 1894, p 1 [Trove; 16 June 2023].
14⇑ Between 28 and 30 June.
15⇑ Kensal Green Cemetery (Kensington and Chelsea) [Deceased Online (Membership required) ; 16 June 2023].

Further Reading

Obituary:Dowling, Charles Cholmeley (1835-1894) [Obituaries Australia; 23 February 2024].

Updates

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