Russell, Frederick Browne

Frederick Browne Russell, 1809-1883

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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:29 January 1809Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [01] [02].
Baptised:22 November 1811St Mary’s Church of England, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [03].
Arrived:2 December 1836Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Lady Nugent. Departed London, 14 July 1836, via Hobart Town [04] [05] [06].
Married (1):4 June 1842St Philip's (Phillip's) Church of England, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, to Mary Elizabeth Jamison [1826-1862] [07] [08].
Arrived:2 April 1850Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the ship Eliza. Departed London, 24 December 1849 [09] [10].
Married (2):20 July 1872St Philip's (Phillip's) Church of England, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, to Janet Pursell "Jessie", née Napier [1840-1912] [11] [12].
Died:12 April 1883Ercildoune, Manly, Colony of New South Wales [residence], aged 74 years [13] [14].
Buried:14 April 1883Manly Cemetery, Manly, Colony of New South Wales [Grave: Church of England, Section B, No 0321] [15].

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1826-11-021830-02-1717Ensign, 1st West India RegimentBritish Army Lieutenant.
1830-02-181831-01-1021Lieutenant, 2nd West India RegimentBritish Army
1831-01-111831-06-2721Lieutenant, 99th Regiment of FootBritish Army
1831-06-281842-09-1222Lieutenant, 28th Regiment of Foot British Army Captain.
1838-05-011841-09-3029Commander, Mounted Police DivisionNSWPort Phillip
1841-10-011842-06-3029Paymaster and Adjutant, Mounted PoliceNSW
1842-09-131848-01-0433Captain, 28th Regiment of FootBritish Army
1848-01-051849-12-2738Captain, 22nd Regiment of Foot British Army
1849-11-061863-02-0640Staff Officers of PensionersVDLBritish Army
1849-12-281863-02-0640Captain, 3rd Dragoon Guards British Army Reserve
1854-06-201860-02-2945Brevet Major, 3rd Dragoon GuardsBritish Army Reserve Brevet Major.
1860-03-011863-01-1551Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3rd Dragoon GuardsBritish Army Reserve Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel.
1863-01-161863-02-0653Honorary Colonel, retired on full payBritish Army Retired
1863-02-061863-02-0654Promotion cancelledBritish Army Major.
1863-02-061863-02-0654Major, UnattachedBritish Army ReserveRetired by sale of Commission.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Hampshire, Portsmouth Baptisms, Find My Past (Membership required) 17 May 2023].
02⇑ Service Record has 29 January 1810, Gosport.
03⇑ Hampshire, Portsmouth Baptisms, Find My Past (Membership required) 17 May 2023].
04⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Sydney Herald, 5 December 1836, p 2 [Trove, 17 May 2023].
05⇑ Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 159.
06⇑ Arrived with 21 convicts and 57 rank and file of the 28th, 50th, and 80th regiments. Russell is incorrectly reported as 80th regiment, but his service record confirmed the arrival date.
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Marriage Index M1842-000027/26C.
08⇑ Married - Russell-Jamison; The New South Wales Examiner, 4 June 1842, p 2 [Trove, 17 May 2023].
09⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Hobart Town News; The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (Hobart Town), 4 April 1840, p 3 [Trove, 25 April 2023].
10⇑ Graeme Broxam; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Volume 3 1843-1850; Navarine Publishing, Woden, 1998; p 195.
11⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Marriage Index M1872-000615.
12⇑ Marriages - Russell-Carstairs; The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 July 1872, p 1 [Trove, 17 May 2023].
13⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Death Index M1873-004944.
14⇑ Deaths - Russell; The Sydney Herald, 14 April 1883, p 1 [Trove, 17 May 2023].
15⇑ Manly Cemetery Deceased Search [ 17 May 2023]. Has the burial date as the death date.

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Updates

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2022-01-31Page created.