Akehurst, Arthur Purssell

Arthur Purssell Akehurst, 1836-1902


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Arthur Purssell Akehurst: Profile Biography Research Notes

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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

Parents:		William Vialls Akehurst [1807-1890] and Ann Purssell Stone
Born:	13 September 1836	16 Upper Eton Street, Pimlico, Westminster, London, England [01].
Baptised:	25 October 1836	St George's Church of England, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England [02].
Arrived:	1 June 1849	Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque John Mitchell. Departed London, 30 December 1848 [03] [04].
Married:	5 April 1856	Christ Church, Geelong, Colony of Victoria, to Charlotte Mary Armstrong [1831-1905][05] [06].
Died:	27 June 1902	Kianga, Byron Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 65 years [07] [08].
Buried:	30 June 1902	St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Compartment C, No 1301] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
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References

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Notes
01⇑	England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms - St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England. [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 18 December 2023].
02⇑	England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms - London, England. [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 18 December 2023].
03⇑	Arrived; Adelaide Times, 23 April 1849, p 3 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
04⇑	Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 42.
05⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1856-001193.
06⇑	Married - Akehurst-Armstrong; The Argus (Melbourne), 9 April 1856, p 4 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
07⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1902-007484.
08⇑	Deaths - Akehurst; The Age (Melbourne), 28 June 1902, p 5 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
09⇑	Deceased Search [St Kilda Cemetery; 23 February 2024].
10⇑	Funeral Notices - Akehurst; The Argus (Melbourne), 28 June 1902, p 9 [Trove; 23 February 2024].

Further Reading

Biography:	David Dunstan; Akehurst, Arthur Purssell (1836-1902) [Australian Dictionary of Biography; 23 February 2024].
Profile:	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell (1836-1902); in: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni; The Eureka Encyclopaedia; Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004; pp 6-7.
Profile:	Anecdotal Photograph: Mr A P Akehurst: Table Talk (Melbourne), 17 April 1896, p 4 [Trove; 16 November 2024].
Profile:	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell; in: H Morin Humphreys; Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series [Second Edition]; McCarron, Bird, and Co, Melbourne, 1882; p 2.
Statistics:	Akehurst, Arthur Pursell [sic] (1836-1902); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 8.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2023-12-18	Life Events updated and references added.