Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1853 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1853 – Police Magistrates

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Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
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 at the same time.
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.
Assignments:The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.
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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Comments

The existing Police Magistrates were re-appointed as of 1 January 1853 under new legislation. Gazetted dates vary and Blue Book 1853 has this as the appointment date, though in later issues it reverted to the original appointment dates (including pre-Separation).
I have gone with the Colony of Victoria dates. Most of the existing Commissioners of Crown Lands were appointed Police Magistrates, retaining their (now unpaid) Crown Lands duties.

Police Magistrates

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1853Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853-05-25Wangaratta Benalla.
V1853Bell, EdwardPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingLexton R P Stewart.
V1853Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-01-291853-01-011853-12-31Portland PM. Bourke County.
V1853Bonsey, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-291853-01-01OngoingGeelong Fyans.
V1853Campbell, ArchibaldPolice Magistrate (Acting)R1853-04-191853-05-011853BeechworthResigned.
V1853Dewes (D'ewes), JohnPolice Magistrate (Acting)R1853-08-091853-08-071853-12-31Ballarat Henry Foster. Barrow's Inn.
V1853Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice MagistrateR1853OngoingBallarat
V1853Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853Buninyong PM. Ballarat.
V1853Fenwick, Nicholas AlexanderPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingBourke County
V1853Foster, HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853-03-15Ballarat PM. Police Inspector.
V1853Gray, William NairnPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingThe Grange
V1853Haggitt, D'ArcyPolice MagistrateR1853-05-171853-05-081853HeathcoteResigned.
V1853Harper, George MitchellPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingBenalla PM.
V1853Harriott, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1853-05-091853-05-071853-12-31Wedderburn Castlemaine.
V1853Lapham, SamuelPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853-01-31Warrnambool PM. CPS.
V1853Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingKyneton PM. Lapham.
V1853McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853-12-31Alberton PM. Warrnambool.
V1853McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-02-09OngoingCastlemaine Shadforth (on leave).
V1853McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst[01]
V1853Noel, Wriothesley BaptistPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-02-06OngoingKilmore Plunkett.
V1853Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingWilliamstown PM.
V1853Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-05-261853-05-26OngoingBenalla H W H Smythe.
V1853Plunkett, Christopher GeorgePolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingSwan Hill PM. Lavender.
V1853Price, HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011854-01BallaratResigned.
V1853Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011853-12Castlemaine PM.Resigned.
V1853Smythe, Henry Wilson HutchinsonPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-03-011853-03-31Benalla [02]
V1853Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingBelfast PM.
V1853Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice MagistrateR1853-04-01OngoingWilliamstown
V1853Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-02-07OngoingGisborne
V1853Tyers, Charles JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingSale

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ McLachlan was gazetted to fill in for Shadforth at Castlemaine and BB1853 has this as his Sandhurst appointment date. Later issues have 28/29 March 1853.
02⇑ According to BB1853, Smythe had begun a leave of absence as GC and CCL at the beginning of March to return to England, but was appointed PM of Benalla for the month of March at full pay. He died on 15 May before leaving the colony.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1853; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1854 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0003) [BB1853].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1853.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-30Page and content created.