Mayne, William Colburn

William Colburn Mayne, 1808-1902




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Life Events


Born:22 July 1808Wicklow (or Bray), County Wicklow, Ireland [01] [02].
Married:22 July 1831Gretna Green, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, to Mary Ellen Turner [1805-1884] [03].
Arrived:24 April 1839Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Hero of Malown. Departed Liverpool, 20 November 1838 [04] [05] [06]
Died:31 August 1902Viewbank (or View Bank), Cheltenham Road, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia [residence], aged 94 years [07] [08].
Buried:2 September 1902St Thomas's Anglican Cemetery, Enfield, New South Wales, Australia [Grave: Portion 14, Row 34] [09].

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William Colburn Mayne [10]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1825-08-111826-08-1417Ensign, 5th Regiment of Foot British Army Lieutenant. [11]
1826-08-151826-09-0618Lieutenant, Unattached British Army Reserve
1826-09-071833-05-0218Lieutenant, 5th Regiment of Foot British Army Captain.
1833-05-031833-05-0924Captain, Unattached British Army Reserve
1833-05-101838-05-1124Captain, 5th Regiment of Foot British ArmyRetired by sale of Commission
1846-11-091846-11-091846-11-3038Commissioner of Crown LandsNSWCrown LandsWimmera to Wellington, NSW. Wright. [12]

References


Notes

Notes
01 The National Archives (UK) - War Office WO025-0785 - 5th Regiment. Page 219 - William Colburne-Mayne [sic] [ 21 February 2024].
02 Some sources have Dublin (which is where he was educated) and some have Lattin, County Monaghan (which is where his father was from). Wicklow is in William's British Army service record and Bray, County Wicklow, is in the 1871 Census.
03 Primary source needed.
04 Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser, 26 April 1839, p 2 [Trove, 23 April 2023].
05 Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 212.
06 The ship arrived at Sydney on 1 April, but was held in quarantine until 24 April.
07 Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Death Index D1902-008759.
08 Married - Martin-Smith; The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 1902, p 1 [Trove, 21 February 2024].
09 Death of Captain Mayne; Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 2 September 1902, p 4 [Trove, 21 February 2024].
10 State Library of New South Wales
11 London Gazette and British Army records consistently have William Colborne Mayne, but his signature is definitely William Colburn Mayne. He is indexed as William Colbourne-Mayne by the UK National Archives.
12 Swapped with Wright.

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Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-21Life Events updated and references added.