Lowther, Gorges Macdonald

Gorges Macdonald Lowther, 1824-1880


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Gorges Macdonald Lowther: 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

Born:	c1824	Longford, Derbyshire, England [01].
Baptised:	11 April 1824	St Chad's Church of England, Longford, Derbyshire, England [02].
Arrived:	4 November 1852	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Prince Regent. Departed London, 12 July 1852, via Plymouth and Adelaide [03] [04] [05].
Married (1):	8 September 1857	Buninyong, Colony of Victoria [residence of the father of the bride], to Eliza Badley Welsh [1837-1860] [06] [07] [08].
Married (2):	8 September 1863	St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, to Sarah Alice Steel [1843-1917] [09] [10].
Departed:	16 February 1870	Returned to England on the Kent [11].
Died:	30 March 1880	The Rectory, Orcheston St George, Orcheston, Wiltshire, England [residence], aged 55 years [12].
Buried:	3 April 1880	St George's Churchyard, Orcheston, Wiltshire, England [13].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
	Gold Commissioner:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
	Chinese Protector:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862

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⇑	1871 England Census - Wiltshire - Orcheston St George [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 19 February 2024].
02⇑	Derbyshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 19 February 2024].
03⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; South Australian Register, 16 October 1852, p 2 [Trove; 19 February 2024].
04⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 November 1852, p 4 [Trove; 19 February 2024].
05⇑	Lowther's first Victorian Public Service appointment was on 3 December 1852.
06⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1857-002425.
07⇑	Married - Lowther-Welsh; The Argus (Melbourne), 12 September 1857, p 4 [Trove; 19 February 2024].
08⇑	The bride's middle name is Badley in her baptism record, the marriage registration, and the marriage notice, but Baddeley in her death registration.
09⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1863-002347.
10⇑	Married - Lowther-Steel; The Herald (Melbourne), 10 September 1863, p 2 [Trove; 19 February 2024].
11⇑	TBC. The family was back in England by the April 1871 UK Census.
12⇑	Deaths - Lowther; London Evening Standard, 1 April 1880, p 1 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 19 February 2024].
13⇑	London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 19 February 2024].

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Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-02-19	Life Events updated and references added.