Harrison, George

George Harrison, 1805-1887




Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes

Life Events


Born:14 June 1805Spring Street, Shadwell, Middlesex, England [01].
Baptised:26 December 1806St Paul's Church of England Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England [02].
Arrived:28 August 1842Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the HMS Bramble [03].
Married:4 February 1847St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, to Louisa Salome Bilton [1824-1904] [04] [05].
Died:27 January 188755 Erin Street, Richmond, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 81 years [06] [07].
Buried:28 January 1887St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment C, No 0557] [08] [09].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867
Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

George Harrison (1872) [10]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1816-07-2111Royal NavyRoyal Navy
1824-12-1119Passed Royal Navy examinations for LieutenantRoyal Navy
1824-12-191825-08-2319Mate, HMS ???Royal Navy[11]
1825-08-241826-08-1520Mate, HMS WellesleyRoyal Navy
1826-08-161830-11-1521Mate, HMS AdventureRoyal Navy
1830-12-091831-02-2325Mate, HMS ???Royal Navy
1831-02-241833-10-1525Mate, HMS AsiaRoyal Navy
1833-10-161833-11-1928Mate, HMS ???Royal Navy Lieutenant.
1834-01-061878-05-2828LieutenantRoyal Navy Reserve Commander.[12]
1878-05-291887-01-2772CommanderRoyal Navy ReserveDied.[13]

References


Notes

Notes
01 London, Docklands and East End Baptisms, [Find My Past (Membership required) 13 February 2024].
02 London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [Ancestry (Membership required) 13 February 2024]. Incorrectly indexed as 20 December 1806.
03 Shipping Report - Arrivals; The Hobart Town Advertiser, 30 August 1842, p 2 [Trove, 12 May 2023].
04 Libraries Tasmania M1847-RGD37-1-6-0653 [ 12 May 2023]
05 Marriage - Harrison-Bilton; The Courier (Hobart), 17 February 1847, p 2 [Trove, 12 May 2023].
06 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1887-003848.
07 Deaths - Harrison; The Argus (Melbourne), 28 January 1887, p 9 [Trove, 18 April 2023].
08 St Kilda Cemetery Deceased Search [ 12 May 2023]
09 Funeral Notices - Harrison; The Argus (Melbourne), 28 January 1887, p 9 [Trove, 12 May 2023].
10 Thomas Foster Chuck; The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria; Melbourne, 1872. State Library of Victoria [ 22 October 2024].
11 The names of some of the ships he was assigned to are difficult to read in his service record.
12 Harrison was known as "Captain" in Victoria, though he was a Lieutenant until after his retirement from the Victorian Public Service.
13 Harrison should have been promoted to Commander in 1864

Further Reading

Profile:William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 469.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-13Life Events updated and references added.