Gaunt, William Henry

William Henry Gaunt, 1830-1905

Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes
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:27 July 1830Horton Hall, Compton Leek, Staffordshire, England [01].
Baptised:12 August 1830St Edward the Confessor Church of England, Leek, Staffordshire, England [02].
Arrived:22 June 1853Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Ganges. Departed London, via Dartmouth, 23 March 1853 [03] [04] [05].
Married:19 April 1860Dederang, Kiewa River, Colony of Victoria, to Elizabeth Mary Palmer [1835-1922] [06] [07].
Died:5 October 1905Koonda, Moorhouse Street, Malvern, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 75 years [08] [09].
Buried:7 October 1905Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [Grave: EEN, Section 04, No 0001] [10] [11].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
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Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
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Crown Lands:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

William Henry Gaunt [12]

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ The Late Judge Gaunt; Evening Journal (Adelaide), 6 October 1905, p 1 [Trove, 17 January 2024].
02⇑ Staffordshire Baptisms [Ancestry (Membership required) 17 January 2024].
03⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 23 June 1853, p 2 [Trove, 25 April 2023].
04⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 175.
05⇑ Ganges Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947 [ 25 April 2023].
06⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1860-001376.
07⇑ Marriages - Gaunt-Palmer; The Argus (Melbourne), 25 April 1860, p 4 [Trove, 21 March 2023].
08⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1905-013213.
09⇑ Deaths - Gaunt; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 October 1905, p 1 [Trove, 21 March 2023].
10⇑ Ballarat Cemeteries Record Search [ 14 April 2023].
11⇑ About People - Death of Judge Gaunt; The Age, 6 October 1905, p 5 [Trove, 21 March 2023].
12⇑ Retrieved from Ancestry . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version.

Further Reading

Biography:Austin Dowling; Gaunt, William Henry (1830-1905); Australian Dictionary of Biography [ 23 February 2024].
Profile:The Gaunt Family of Melbourne; in: Alexander Henderson; Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina: A Genealogical and Biographical Record; McCarron Bird & Co, Melbourne, 1936; p 455.
Profile:Gaunt, William Henry; in: Fred Johns; Johns's Notable Australians and Who is Who in Australasia [2nd Edition]; Fred Johns, Adelaide, 1908; p 347.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-16Life Events updated and references added.