William Henry Foster, 1832-1894

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William Henry Foster:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes

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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

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Born:	25 April 1832	Sale Priory, Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England [01].
Baptised:	13 June 1832	Sale Priory, Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England [parents' residence] [02].
Arrived:	23 January 1852	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Medway. Departed London, 27 September 1851, via Plymouth [03] [04] [05].
Married:	2 September 1858	Ballarat, Colony of Victoria to Catherine McLean Paterson [1836-1895] [06] [07].
Died:	18 March 1894	88 Neil Street, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 61 years [08] [09].
Buried:	20 March 1894	Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England E, Secton 02, No 0014/0015] [10] [11].

Golden Colony Roles

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Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890
		1891	1892	1893	1894
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890
		1891	1892	1893	1894
	Chinese Protector:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862
	Crown Lands:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862

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