Butt, John William Sinclair

John William Sinclair Butt, 1826-1894

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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:22 October 1826Dulwich, Surrey, England [01] [02].
Baptised:16 November 1826Christ's Chapel of God's Gift, Dulwich College, Dulwich, Surrey, England [03].
Arrived:1851-1852TBD [04].
Married:2 September 1857Goldsborough, Dunolly, Colony of Victoria, to Mary Jane Budge [1836-1913] [05].
Died:31 July 1894Townsville, Colony of Queensland [06] [07].
Buried:August 1894West End Cemetery, Townsville, Colony of Queensland [Grave: Anglican, number unknown (Interment 2990)] [08] [09].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Burke, John, Burke, John Bernard; The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, Volume 1; E Churton, London, 1847, Pedigree 124-2.
02⇑London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 31 December 2023].
03⇑London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 31 December 2023].
04⇑He appears not to have been in the March 1851 UK Census and his first Victorian Government appointment was on 20 August 1852.
05⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Certificate M1857-003390.
06⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Queensland Death Index D1894-C/004135.
07⇑Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 31 December 2023].
08⇑John William Sinclair Butt [Find a Grave; 31 December 2023].
09⇑West End Townsville Cemetery Burial Register, Part 1 [Queensland Archives; 31 December 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-31Life Events updated and references added.