Atkins, Heyward St Leger

Heyward St Leger Atkins, c1812-1891

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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

Parents:Captain Heyward Atkins [?-1836] and TBD
Born:c1812County Cork, Ireland [01].
Arrived:11 August 1832Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the brig Wellington. Departed Liverpool, 28 March 1832 [02] [03].
Arrived:2 May 1833Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the ship Surrey. Departed Hobart Town, 28 April 1833 [04] [05] [06].
De Facto:1834Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, with Ann Louise Gray [1815-1874] [07].
Married:15 July 1851St John's Church of England, Brisbane, Moreton Bay District, to Amy Grace Wyatt, née North [1818-1872] [08] [09].
Departed:1860Returned to England.
Died:6 June 189113 Clarendon Road, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [residence], aged 80 years [10] [11].
Buried:9 June 1891St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [12].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:1851185218531854185518561857185818591860

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1833-08-091834-08-312nd ClerkNSWSheriff's Department
1834-09-011836-09-30Clerk to Solicitor GeneralNSWLaw Office
1836-10-011840-09-11Clerk to Attorney GeneralNSWLaw Office
1840-09-121850-12-31Police MagistrateNSWPolice EstablishmentsHartley
1843-01-011846-12-31Commissioner of the Court of RequestsNSWJudicial EstablishmentsHartleyPaid as PM Harley.
1848-04-201850-12-31CoronerNSWJudicial EstablishmentsHartleyPaid as PM Harley.
1851-01-011852-12-31Provincial Inspector of PoliceNSWPolice EstablishmentsMoreton BayPosition abolished.
1853-01-011853-03-18Police MagistrateNSWPolice EstablishmentsIpswich
1853-03-191860-06-30Police MagistrateNSWPolice EstablishmentsAlburyResigned.
1858-01-251860-06-30Police MagistrateVictoriaPetty SessionsBelvoirPaid as PM Albury.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ County from 1891 UK Census. Possibly Carrigaline or Skibbereen. Primary source needed.
02⇑ Trade and Shipping; The Hobart Town Courier, 17 August 1832, p 3 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
03⇑ Tentative identification. There is a Mr Atkins on the passenger list at Hobart Town, but did not continue to Sydney.
04⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 2 May 1833, p 3 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
05⇑ Tentative identification. There is a Mr Atkins on the passenger list at Sydney, but was not on the passenger list when the Surrey arrived at Hobart Town before continuing to Sydney.
06⇑ Atkins' first NSW Government job was from 9 August 1833, so he arrived in either 1832 or 1833, at the age of 20 or 21.
07⇑ Howard C Jones; Heyward Atkins [Albury and District Historical Society; 23 February 2024].
08⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Queensland Marriage Certificate M1851-BMA/120.
09⇑ Married - Atkins-Wyatt; Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane), 26 July 1851, p 3 [Trove; 23 February 2024].
10⇑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar - 1891 - Aaron-Bhadoory [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 20 December 2023].
11⇑ Address is from the 1891 UK Census, just two months before his death.
12⇑ Jersey, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1940 - St Helier - 1888-1920 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 20 December 2023].

Further Reading

Profile:Howard C Jones; Heyward Atkins [Albury and District Historical Society; 23 February 2024].

Updates

2023-12-21Life Events updated and references added.