Gold Wardens – People


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Columns:	A allows you to filter by the first letter of the surname.
	War is whether the person served in World War 1 (WW1) or World War 2 (WW2).
	PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held.
	P (Profile), I (Image), B (Biography), F (Family), and R (Research Note) hold quick links to detailed pages, where available.
	The person has an entry in DB = Dictionary of Biography (A = Australian, C = Canadian); W = Wikipedia; G = Parliament (V = Victoria, T = Tasmania).

Links:	= Profile (same as "Name" column); = Image; = Biography; = Family; = Research Note.

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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A list of people who held the office and/or duties of Gold Warden between 1855 and 1929, including Resident Wardens (1855-1859).

Wardens of the Gold Fields

A	Name	Birth	Death	Born	Background	War	PM	GC	GW	CL	CP	Years	DB	W	G	Comments
A	Addison, Donald McGaw	1896	1972	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1935-?
A	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	1836	1902	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1865-1885	A
A	Alley, James Henry Cooper	1828	1916	Ireland	TBD		Y		Y	Y	Y	1860-1890
A	Amos, Gilbert Andrew	1830	1866	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1866
A	Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton	c1836	1870	England	Gentleman		Y		Y		Y	1859-1862				Also Militia.
A	Anderson, William Ross	1855	1940	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1893-1903
A	Arnold, Thompson Graham	1832	1859	England	Gentleman		Y		Y		Y	1854-1859
B	Baldy, David	1877	1930	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1929-?
B	Barlow, Arthur	1854	1917	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1907-1915
B	Barnard, Edward Thomas	1826	1901	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
B	Barnett, Arthur Nelson	1855	1920	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1887-1889
B	Barry, Edward	1818	1889	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
B	Bartold, Paul Wilhelm Carl Heinrich	1867	1945	Germany	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1911-?
B	Bartrop, George Frederick	1832	1920	England	Barrister		Y		Y			1887-1894				Also 1878.
B	Beaven, James William Waight	1859	1917	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1903-1917
B	Beers, Raymond Henry	1894	1964	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1935-?
B	Bell, Edward Connor	1831	1911	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1889-1893
B	Bell, John Colin	1903	1959	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1945-?
B	Berriman, Daniel	1866	1941	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1910-?
B	Biggin, Percival Robert "Percy"	1897	1994	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1939-1962
B	Blair, Douglas Granville	1893	1976	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1934-?
B	Bond, Frederick William	1871	1952	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1923-?
B	Brackenbury, Walter Charles	1822	1899	England	HEIC Madras Army			Y	Y		Y	1852-1858
B	Bull, John Edward Newell	1806	1901	Ireland	British Army		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?	A	W
B	Bunnett, Augustus Templeton	1817	1904	England	Clerk				Y			1878
B	Burke, James Robert	1895	1955	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1936-?
B	Burrowes, Robert James	1854	1906	Canada	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1898-1906
B	Bury, Frederick John	1815	1896	England	Industrialist			Y	Y			1853-1855
B	Butler, Walter	c1833	1878	Ireland	Clerk		Y		Y	Y		1862-1878
C	Call, Frederick	1827	1894	England	Advocate		Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1890
C	Campbell, George William	1826	1890	Scotland	Merchant		Y		Y			1886-1888
C	Carey, John Le Marchant	1824	1891	England	British Army		Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-1868
C	Carr, Charles Warburton	c1824	1888	Ireland	TBD		Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1888
C	Catlow, George Scholes	1900	1980	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1941-?
C	Clarke, John Woolner	1871	1950	Victoria	Barrister		Y		Y			1926-?
C	Clissold, Stephen Thomas	1825	1898	England	Barrister		Y		Y	Y		1858-1868		W
C	Clow, James Maxwell	1820	1894	India (British)	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?
C	Cogdon, John Montague	1830	1882	England	Clerk		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1878
C	Cohen, Philip	1863	1958	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1906-1928
C	Cole, Robert Hodgson	1858	1939	Victoria	Barrister		Y		Y			1902-1923
C	Collins, Oliver Warren	1826	1906	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
C	Collis-Brown, George Henry	1870	1952	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1928-?
C	Conlon, Patrick Joseph	1865	1929	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1920-1929
C	Cook, Alexander McGowan	1869	1937	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1918-1934
C	Cooper, John Sisson	1828	1892	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1886-1892
C	Cotter, Francis Henry Durell	1843	1902	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
C	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	1817	1889	France (British)	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
C	Cresswell, Charles Alfred Costley	1849	1937	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1893-1912				Also 1878.
C	Cuthill, William John	1909	2003	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW2	Y		Y			1948-?
D	Daly, Denis Bowes	1839	1927	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1889-1890
D	Daly, James	1825	1872	Ireland	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
D	Dickson, William	1859	1926	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1899-1906
D	Dillon, John Vincent	1908	1992	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1947-1961	A
D	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	1834	1902	England	Clerk		Y		Y			1888-1902
D	Doveton, Francis Crossman	1817	1905	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y		Y	1851-1860
D	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	1835	1894	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878
D	Down, Richard Henry	1869	1935	Cornwall	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1929-1934
D	Drummond, James Brougham	1838	1904	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
D	Drummond, William Henry Murray	1828	1868	Scotland	British Army		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1868				Except 1856.
D	Drury, Arthur	1832	1873	Guernsey	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1871-1873
D	Drury, Joseph	1827	1890	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1889-1890
D	Duggan, Daniel Joseph	1893	1981	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1938-?
D	Dunderdale, George	1822	1902	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
D	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	1854	1917	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1892-1916
E	Eardley-Wilmot, Charles Octavius	1824	1886	England	British Army		Y		Y		Y	1859-1861
E	Elliget, Patrick Harold Vincent	1868	1936	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1915-1934
F	Fenwick, William	1829	1894	Denmark (British)	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1860				Brother of Nicholas Alexander Fenwick.
F	Fetherstonhaugh, Cuthbert	1803	1892	Ireland	Gentleman		Y		Y	Y		1854-?
F	Foster, William Henry	1832	1894	England	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1894				Except 1870-1874?
F	Freeman, John Wilson Kerr	1874	1962	Victoria	Barrister		Y		Y			1922-1939
G	Gaunt, William Henry	1830	1905	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y	Y	Y	1855-1878	A
G	Gloster, John Patrick	1905	1962	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW2	Y		Y			1946-?
G	Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph	1860	1917	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1902-1917
G	Grant, David	1871	1948	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1922-1936
G	Greene, William Wentworth	1846	1920	Ireland	Barrister		Y		Y			1890-1911
G	Grey, Charles James	1868	1919	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1913-1919
H	Hamilton, John Prendergast	1827	1884	Scotland	HEIC Madras Army		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1883
H	Hammond, Thomas Wallace "Tom"	1896	1966	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1936
H	Hare, Francis Augustus "Frank"	1830	1892	South Africa (British)	Police		Y		Y			1882-1892		W
H	Harris, Walter William	1858	1943	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1907-1923
H	Harrison, Edward	1859	1930	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1906-1923
H	Harrison, George	1805	1887	England	Royal Navy		Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-?
H	Hauser, Albert Spivey	1889	1938	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1931-?
H	Henry, John Richmond	1872	1945	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1929-?
H	Heron, Thomas Dennis Stratford	1826	1898	Ireland	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1892
H	Hill, Alexander Robert "Alec"	1893	1976	Victoria	Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1934-?
H	Holmes, Charles George	1848	1930	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1891-1913
H	Holmes, John	1838	1907	Ireland	Barrister		Y		Y			1872-1878		W
H	Horan, Ignatius Cyril	1896	1978	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1938-?
H	Horne, Robert Wintle	1810	1881	England	HEIC Bombay Army		Y	Y	Y		Y	1859-1862				Also 1851.
H	House, Frederick William	1870	1955	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1923-?
H	Howitt, Alfred William	1830	1908	England	Gentleman		Y		Y			1864-1889	A	W
H	Hutchinson, George Losh	1827	1914	Isle of Man	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1883-1889
J	Jackson, Harold Le Plastrier	1892	1985	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1934-?
J	Jennings, Edward George	1871	1954	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1925-?
J	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	1834	1910	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1888-1903
J	Jones, Francis "Frank"	c1823	1891	Ireland	TBD			Y	Y			1852-1857
K	Kelley, Alfred Aldridge	1866	1947	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1910-?
K	Kent, James Leslie	1886	1950	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1937-?
K	Keogh, John	1836	1923	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1889-1909
K	Knight, Richard	1863	1926	New South Wales	TBD		Y		Y			1908-1926
L	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	1817	1878	Corfu (British)	Architect		Y		Y	Y	Y	1856-1878	C	W
L	Langford, George	c1824	1897	England	Architect		Y		Y			1868-1878
L	Leader, William	1836	1907	Ireland	Solicitor		Y		Y			1891-1907
L	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	c1824	1880	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1868
M	Mackenzie, Robert Cleghorne	1832	1866	Scotland	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1866
M	Macnamara, John	1864	1948	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1923-1929
M	Marsden, Frederic John Mackwood	1850	1888	Victoria	Law Clerk				Y			1878
M	Marwick, John Whitford	1903	1997	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1945-?
M	Maynard, George	c1833	1884	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
M	McCall, Robert William Victor	1858	1924	Victoria	Law Clerk				Y			1878
M	McCormick, George Deihl	1830	1916	Canada	Barrister		Y		Y			1882-1904
M	McCrae, Andrew Murison	1800	1874	Scotland	Solicitor		Y		Y	Y	Y	1851-?
M	McDonald, Hilary Richard	1867	1952	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1923-?
M	McIver, Roderick	1866	1940	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1926-?
M	McLachlan, Lachlan	1808	1885	Scotland	Solicitor		Y		Y	Y		1853-?	A
M	McLean, Charles	1889	1978	Victoria	Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1930-1954	A
M	McLuckie, James	1852	1894	Scotland	Clerk		Y		Y			1890-1894				Also 1878.
M	McNiece, Robert	1841	1912	New South Wales	Clerk				Y			1878
M	Meehan, John Francis	1886	1949	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1933-?
M	Mohr, Reginald Harry	1891	1964	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1933-?
M	Mollison, Crawford	1817	1893	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878
M	Moloney, John	1904	1976	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1947-?
M	Moore, Edmund Notley	1858	1922	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1902-1922
M	Morphy, John Stephen	1811	1861	Ireland	TBD		Y	Y	Y		Y	1852-1861
M	Morrison, George Cowie	1857	1937	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1893-1901
M	Morrison, Harold	1855	1914	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1897-1914
M	Morriss, Francis Walter Cooper	1897	1977	Victoria	Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1941-?
M	Murphy, George Read	1856	1925	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1901-1916	A
M	Murphy, Henry Morgan "Harry"	1860	1944	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1904-1910
M	Murray, Virginius	1817	1861	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y		Y	1853-1861
N	Nicholas, Edgar John Evelyn	1883	1947	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1936-?
N	Nicolson, Charles Hope	1829	1898	Scotland	Police		Y		Y			1882-1898		W		Brother of William Balfour Nicolson.
N	Nicolson, William Balfour	1833	1916	Scotland	Law Clerk				Y			1878				Brother of Charles Hope Nicolson.
N	Noonan, Ambrose	1873	1961	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1930-?
N	Norris, Frederick William Thomas	1870	1946	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1929-?
O	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	1872	1962	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1923-?
O	O'Connell, Edmund Vernon	1904	1960	New South Wales	Clerk		Y		Y			1947-?
O	O'Connor, Alexander Joseph	1903	1978	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1945
O	O'Grady, David William	1868	1944	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1919-?
O	O'Grady, Edmund Edward	1883	1952	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1930-?
O	O'Meara, John Joseph	1830	1905	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1885-1895				Also 1878.
O	Ogier, John Creuzé Hingeston	1820	1913	England	Barrister		Y		Y			1874-1878
O	Orme, Francis Knox	1817	1891	Ireland	Barrister		Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-1891
P	Palmer, Reynolds	1856	1939	Victoria	Law Clerk				Y			1878
P	Panton, Joseph Anderson	1831	1913	Scotland	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y		Y	1852-1907	A	W
P	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	1818	1898	England	Royal Navy		Y		Y	Y		1852-1878	A	W
P	Patterson, George William Frederick	1838	1905	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1888-1905				Also 1878.
P	Pennefather, John Francis	1861	1920	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1912-1920
P	Perry, Charles Lindley	1842	1924	Batavia (British)	Barrister		Y		Y			1892-1894
P	Piper, William	1813	1872	England	Gentleman		Y		Y	Y	Y	1853-1869
P	Pitcairn, Robert	1842	1887	Tasmania	Barrister		Y		Y			1875-1878
P	Pohlman, Frederick Roper	1818	1905	England	TBD		Y		Y	Y	Y	1859-1870
P	Powlett, Frederick Armand	1811	1865	England	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1841-1865	A	W
P	Price, Matthew	1818	1883	Naples (British)	HEIC Madras Army		Y		Y		Y	1854-1859
P	Prowse, Raymond	1904	1976	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW2	Y		Y			1947-?
P	Puckle, Frederick Hale	1823	1909	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1878
P	Pyke, Vincent	1827	1894	England	TBD				Y		Y	1858-1859	A	W	V
P	Pyvis, Henry Richard	1893	1970	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1934-?
R	Regan, Andrew Henry	1866	1928	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1925-?
R	Robertson, James	1829	1905	Scotland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1889-1893
R	Rogers, Charles John	1865	1937	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1917-1930
R	Rowan, James	1845	1901	Ireland	Clerk		Y		Y			1892-1901				Brother of Joseph Rowan. Also 1878.
R	Rowan, Joseph	1844	1920	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1890-1910				Brother of James Rowan. Also 1878.
S	Shadforth, Robert William	1816	1900	France (British)	Law Clerk		Y		Y	Y		1858-?				Also 1852-1853.
S	Sherard, Charles Wale	1820	1889	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?
S	Shuter, Charles	1832	1902	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1893
S	Smallman, Thomas	1838	1909	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1890-1908
S	Smith, Alexander John	1812	1872	England	Royal Navy		Y	Y	Y		Y	1853-1861			V	Brother of Bernhard Smith.
S	Smith, Bernhard William	1820	1885	England	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1885	A			Brother of Alexander John Smith.
S	Smith, Peter Henry	1829	1868	Ireland	Law Clerk				Y		Y	1861-?
S	Smith, William George	1867	1955	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1912-1929
S	Smyth, Frederick Leopold	1816	1896	Ireland	Barrister		Y		Y			1882-1883			V
S	Stafford, Edwin Richard	1871	1941	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1929-?
S	Standish, Frederick Charles	1824	1883	England	British Army			Y	Y		Y	1854-1858	A	W
S	Stapleton, Roy Ellerslie	1890	1963	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1933-?
S	Staveley, Henry Crofton	1830	1887	Ireland	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1884-1887				Also 1878.
S	Steedman, Edward James Milroy	1893	1979	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1935-?
S	Strickland, Robert	1833	1889	England	Barrister		Y		Y			1884-1888			V
S	Strutt, Charles Edward	1814	1897	England	Physician		Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1878
S	Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley	1815	1885	England	Gentleman		Y		Y	Y		1853-1878	A	W
T	Tanner, Vivian	1861	1935	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1909-1922
T	Taylor, James Grant	1820	1904	Scotland	Ship Broker		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1889
T	Templeton, William	1827	1890	Scotland	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878	A
T	Thompson, George Agar	1824	1860	Scotland	British Army		Y	Y	Y		Y	1854-1860
T	Thomson, John Campbell	1822	1897	Scotland	TBD		Y	Y	Y	Y		1852-1891
T	Thomson, John Eugene	1871	1951	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1933-?
T	Tibb, Edward Charles	1870	1948	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1929-?
T	Tingate, Arthur Coyte	1893	1962	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1934-?
T	Turner, William	1818	1883	England	TBD		Y	Y	Y			1852-1857
T	Tyers, Charles James	1806	1870	England	Royal Navy Schoolmaster		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1843-1867	A	W
T	Tyrer, James Hunter	1828	1920	England	Law Clerk				Y			1878
W	Wade, Herbert Barton	1898	1989	Victoria	Law Clerk	WW1	Y		Y			1937-?				Son of Thomas Barton Wade.
W	Wade, Thomas Barton	1868	1948	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1919-?				Father of Herbert Barton Wade.
W	Webster, Graham	1830	1902	England	Gentleman		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1886
W	Wheeler, William Edward	1831	1884	England	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1884
W	Wilkins, David Thomas	1882	1955	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1932-?
W	Williams, Edgar Elmore	1855	1934	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1905-1914
W	Williams, Frank Ernest	1887	1967	Victoria	TBD		Y		Y			1931-?				Half-brother of Irvine Willoughby Williams.
W	Williams, George Herbert	1875	1957	Victoria	Judge's Associate		Y		Y			1919
W	Williams, Irvine Willoughby	1894	1973	Victoria	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1936-?				Half-brother of Frank Ernest Williams.
W	Williams, Thomas Magor	1868	1957	Victoria	Clerk		Y		Y			1923-?
W	Willoby, William Allan	1811	1871	England	Law Clerk		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1871
W	Wills, Alfred Currie	1823	1871	England	TBD		Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1871
W	Wilson, William Charles	1866	1937	New South Wales	Law Clerk		Y		Y			1923-1930
W	Wright, William Henry	1816	1877	England	British Army			Y	Y	Y		1846-1860	A		V
W	Wyatt, Alfred	1819	1901	England	Barrister		Y		Y			1875-1889