Bull, John Edward Newell

John Edward Newell Bull, 1806-1901

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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

Born:11 October 1806Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland [01].
Married:17 April 1830Kandy, Island of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], to Mary Gunn [1810-1906] [02].
Arrived:9 November 1842Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, on the barque Kinnear. Departed Deptford, 30 May 1842 [03] [04].
Died:25 May 1901Varroville, near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia [daughter's residence], aged 95 years [05] [06].
Buried:28 May 1901St Saviours Anglican Cemetery, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia [Grave: No 423] [07] [08].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868
Crown Lands:18511852185318541855185618571858
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

John Edward Newell Bull [09]

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1820-02-081825-04-0313Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military CollegeBritish ArmySandhurst Ensign.
1825-04-071825-04-071826-06-1418Ensign, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army Adjutant. Lieutenant.
1826-05-041826-05-041838-10-1819Adjutant, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army
1826-06-151826-06-151838-10-1819Lieutenant, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army Captain.
1838-10-191838-10-191842-01-0632Captain, 78th Regiment of FootBritish Army Deputy Judge Advocate. 99th Regiment.
1840Deputy Judge AdvocateBritish ArmyNorthern UK
1842-01-071842-01-071848-09-1235Captain, 99th Regiment of FootBritish Army Retired.
1842-10-2536Dublin to Hobart Town on KinnearVDLWith the 99th Regiment, family, convicts
1842-11-201848-03-3136Assistant Engineer and SuperintendentNSWBritish ArmyStockade Blackheath, Blue Mountain Road
1848-04-011849-05-3141TBDNSW
1849-06-011849-10-0742Assistant Engineer and SuperintendentNSWStockade Blackheath, Blue Mountain Road
1849-10-0842Superintendent and Visiting Justice of the GangNSWBreakwater Newcastle
1852-10-09185346Resident CommissionerVictoriaGold CommissionSandhurst
18531855-06-3047Resident CommissionerVictoriaGold CommissionCastlemaine
1855-07-011859-12-3148Resident WardenVictoriaGold DepartmentCastlemaine
1858-02-081858-02-08186251Chinese ProtectorVictoriaGold Department
1860-01-011868-12-3153Police MagistrateVictoriaCastlemaineRetired
1860-01-011868-12-3153WardenVictoriaGold DepartmentCastlemaineRetired

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ War Office WO025-0800 - Returns of Officers' Services - 76th-80th Foot. Page 192, John Edward Newell Bull [National Archives UK; 30 December 2023].
02⇑ War Office WO025-3239 - Reports of Officers' Marriages. Page 150, John Edward Newell Bull [National Archives UK; 30 December 2023].
03⇑ Ship News; Australasian Chronicle (Sydney), 10 November 1842, p 3 [Trove; 30 May 2023].
04⇑ With his wife, 4 children, a female servant, 180 convicts, and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regiment. The ship left Deptford with Bull and the troops, picked up the convicts at Kingstown, departing 6 July, disembarked the convicts at Hobart Town, then continued to Sydney on 29 October.
05⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Death Index D1901-005381.
06⇑ Deaths - Bull; The Argus (Melbourne), 29 May 1901, p 1 [Trove; 30 December 2023].
07⇑ John Edward Newell Bull [Find a Grave; 30 December 2023].
08⇑ Death of Colonel Bull; Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 28 May 1901, p 4 [Trove; 30 December 2023].
09⇑ Retrieved from Ancestry (Membership required) . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version.

Further Reading

Biography:Donald Grant; Bull, John Edward (1805-1901) [Australian Dictionary of Biography; 23 February 2024].
Obituary:Bull, John Edward (1805-1901) [Obituaries Australia; 23 February 2024].
Profile:John Edward Bull; [Wikipedia; 23 October 2024].

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-30Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07Military career updated.