Wilberforce, William

William Wilberforce (3rd), 1821-1900


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William Wilberforce: 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:	6 December 1821	Brompton, Middlesex, England [01] [02].
Baptised:	24 January 1822	St Nicholas Church of England, Godstone, Surrey, England [03].
Married (1):	30 April 1849	St George's Church of England, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, to Rosa Elizabeth Jones [1829-1878] [04] [05].
Arrived:	1 June 1853.	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Essex. Departed London, 24 February 1853 [06] [07] [08].
Departed:	TBD	Returned to England.
Married (2):	17 May 1879	St George's Cathedral, Southwark, London, England, to Angela Frances Roe, née Owen [1840-1884] [09] [10].
Married (3):	8 December 1884	Kensington, London, England, to Ellen Holmes [1853-1924] [11] [12].
Died:	27 November 1900	2 Queen's Square, Bognor, Sussex, England [residence], aged 78 years [13] [14] [15].
Buried:	TBD	TBD

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Gold Commissioner:

1851

1852

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1853-08-11	1853-10-25			Junior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields			Resigned.

References

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Notes
01⇑	Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.
02⇑	Location from Census.
03⇑	English, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023]. Church to be confirmed.
04⇑	Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.
05⇑	Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 - St George, Hanover Square [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
06⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 2 June 1853, p 4 [Trove; 22 April 2023].
07⇑	Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 171.
08⇑	Dates vary by one or two days in sources. Arthur Drury was on the same voyage.
09⇑	Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.
10⇑	Marriages - Wilberforce-Roe; The Belfast News-Letter; 23 May 1879, p 1. Ancestry (Membership required) ; [Trove; 12 November 2023].
11⇑	Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.
12⇑	England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Kensington, London, England [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
13⇑	Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.
14⇑	England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023]. To be confirmed that he died at home.
15⇑	Obituary; Knaresborough Post, 8 December 1900, p 5 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 9 January 2025].

Further Reading

Family:

Wilberforce of Markington; in: Bernard Burke, John Bernard Burke; A Genealogical History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 18th Edition, Volume 3; Burke's Peerage, London, 1972; p 952.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2023-11-12	Life Events updated and references added.