Wilberforce, William

William Wilberforce (3rd), 1821-1900

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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:6 December 1821Brompton, Middlesex, England [01] [02].
Baptised:24 January 1822St Nicholas Church of England, Godstone, Surrey, England [03].
Married (1):30 April 1849St 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:TBDReturned to England.
Married (2):17 May 1879St George's Cathedral, Southwark, London, England, to Angela Frances Roe, née Owen [1840-1884] [09] [10].
Married (3):8 December 1884Kensington, London, England, to Ellen Holmes [1853-1924] [11] [12].
Died:27 November 19002 Queen's Square, Bognor, Sussex, England [residence] [13] [14].
Buried:TBDTBD

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:185118521853

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1853-08-111853-10-25Junior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold FieldsResigned.

References

Notes

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.

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

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