Pridham, Charles Algernon

Charles Algernon Pridham, 1821-1898

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Contents:Charles Algernon Pridham:  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 December 1821Faringdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), England [01].
Baptised (1):26 December 1821All Saints' Church of England, Faringdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), England [02] [03].
Baptised (2):16 August 1823All Saints' Church of England, Faringdon, Berkshire (now in Ocfordshire), England [04].
Arrived:11 October 1852Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Panama. Departed London, 27 June 1852 [05] [06] [07] [08].
Married:1865Colony of Victoria to Anne "Annie" Bevis [c1839-1908] [09].
Died:20 March 1898Bethanga, Westbourne Street, Prahran, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 76 years [10] [11].
Buried:22 March 1898St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment B, No 0240] [12] [13].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:1851185218531854

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Berkshire Baptisms Index - Faringdon, Berkshire - Bishop's Transcript, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 14 March 2024].
02⇑ Berkshire Baptisms Index - Faringdon, Berkshire. [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 14 March 2024].
03⇑ Uncertain why there are two baptisms.
04⇑ Berkshire Baptisms Index - Faringdon, Berkshire - Bishop's Transcript, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 14 March 2024].
05⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 14 October 1852, p 4 [Trove; 12 March 2024].
06⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 129.
07⇑ Panama Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, October-November 1852 [PROV; 12 March 2024].
08⇑ George Maynard was on the same voyage.
09⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1865-002283.
10⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1898-000140.
11⇑ Deaths - Pridham; The Argus (Melbourne), 21 March 1898, p 1 [Trove; 12 March 2024].
12⇑ Deceased Search [St Kilda Cemetery; 15 March 2024]. The cemetery has 21 March 1898, but the funeral was on the 22nd.
13⇑ Funeral Notices - Pridham; The Argus (Melbourne), 22 March 1898, p 1 [Trove; 15 March 2024].

Further Reading

Memoirs:Charles Pridham; Kossuth and Magyar Land, or, Personal Adventures during the War in Hungary; James Madden, London, 1851.
Author:Charles Pridham; An Historical, Political and Statistical Account of Mauritius and its Dependencies; T and W Boone, London, 1849.
Author:Charles Pridham; An Historical, Political and Statistical Account of Ceylon and its Dependencies, Volume 1; T and W Boone, London, 1849.
Author:Charles Pridham; An Historical, Political and Statistical Account of Ceylon and its Dependencies, Volume 2; T and W Boone, London, 1849.
Profile:Anecdotal Photograph: Mr C A Pridham; Table Talk (Melbourne), 5 June 1896, pp 2-3 [Trove; 16 November 2024].
Statistics:Pridham, Charles Algernon (1822-1898); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 2; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 190.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-03-15Life Events updated and references added.