Urquhart, John

John Urquhart, c1810-1861


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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:	25 May 1810	St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [01].
Married (1):	10 November 1831	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Jane Roberts [1807-1852] [02].
Arrived:	24 January 1853	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the Dutch barque Sphynx. Departed Canton, 22 November 1852 [03] [04].
Departed:	25 January 1855	Returned to England on the ship Anglesey. Arrived London, 8 May 1855 [05] [06] [07].
Married (2):	29 August 1857	St Paul's Church, Southsea, Hampshire, England, to Jane Beck [08].
Died:	9 September 1861	Morar, Gwalior, Bengal Presidency [India] [09] [10].
Buried:	10 September 1861	Morar, Gwalior, Bengal Presidency [India] [11].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Gold Commissioner:

1851

1852

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1828-07-14	1837-05-25			2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines		Royal Navy			Lieutenant.
		1837-05-26	1846-11-08			Lieutenant, Royal Marines		Royal Navy			Captain.
		1846-11-09	1849-03-15			Captain, Royal Marines		Royal Navy			Dismissed.
		1849-03-16				Removed from the service		Royal Navy			Reinstated.
						Captain, Royal Marines		Royal Navy Reserve			Placed on reserve list. Paymaster.
		1850-02-01	1852			Paymaster, 59th Regiment of Foot		British Army			Returned to reserve list.
		1852	1861-09-09			Captain, Royal Marines		Royal Navy Reserve			Paymaster. British Swiss Legion.	[12]
	1853-04-22	1853-05-01	1853-11			Junior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields			Resigned	[13]
		1855-06-12	1857-01-29			Staff Paymaster, British Swiss Legion		British Army			21st Regiment.
		1857-01-30	1859-01-24			Paymaster, 21st Regiment of Foot		British Army			27th Regiment.
		1859-01-25	1861-09-09			Paymaster, 27th Regiment of Foot		British Army			Died.

References

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Notes
01⇑	Edinburgh Parish Records [ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) ; 13 November 2023]. To be confirmed that this is the correct John Urquhart.
02⇑	To be confirmed.
03⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 25 January 1853, p 4 [Trove; 29 April 2023]. The Argus reports the ship as Sphinx [sic] with one passenger.
04⇑	China; Empire (Sydney), 5 February 1853, p 4 [Trove; 29 April 2023]. Urquhart reports on his own arrival.
05⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Sailed; Mount Alexander Mail, 2 February 1855, p 2 [Trove; 1 May 2023].
06⇑	Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 285.
07⇑	Anglesey Outward Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, January-February 1855 [PROV; 1 May 2023].
08⇑	Married - Urquhart-Beck; Hampshire Telegraph, 5 September 1857, p 5 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 3 May 2023].
09⇑	India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 13 November 2023].
10⇑	Deaths - Urquhart; The Argus (Melbourne), 24 December 1861, p 4 [Trove; 13 November 2023].
11⇑	India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 13 November 2023].
12⇑	Remained as a Captain of the Royal Marines on half pay until his death, whilst serving as Paymaster in British Army units.
13⇑	Gazetted retrospectively 1853-10-04.

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Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2023-11-13	Life Events updated and references added.