Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson

Henry Wilson Hutchinson Smythe, 1815-1853


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

Topics:

People Burials Military Service Research Notes

People:

Q

X

Y

Z

Contents:

Henry Wilson Hutchinson Smythe: Profile Biography Research Notes

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.

Click here to show Explanations

Click here to hide Explanations

Life Events

Born:	27 May 1815	Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales [01]
Arrived:	15 December 1829	Swan River Colony (Perth}, on the Gilmore [02].
Married:	19 February 1841	St John's Anglican Church, Launceston, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, to Jessie Allan [03] [04].
Died:	8 May 1853	Broken River, near Benalla, Colony of Victoria, aged 37 years [05].
Buried:	May 1853	(Old) Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Protestant, No 119 (Selby) or COE, No 210 (Morgan)] [06] [07] [08].
Re-Buried:	1922	Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Pioneer Grave, No 140(/1/2)] [09].

Golden Colony Roles

Port Phillip:	Crown Lands:	1831	1832	1833	1834	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850
		1851
Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1851	1852	1853
	Gold Commissioner:	1851	1852	1853
	Crown Lands:	1851	1852	1853

Career

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

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Date from gravestone. - see Selby.
02⇑	Iain Malcolm Stuart; Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson (1813-1853); in Gordon Forth (Editor); The Biographical Dictionary of the Western District of Victoria; Hyland House, South Melbourne. 1998; pp 147-148.
03⇑	Marriages RGD37/1/2/1114 (1841).
04⇑	Married - Smythe-Allan; The Courier (Hobart), 23 February 1841, p 2 [Trove; 17 April 2023]
05⇑	H W H Smythe, Esq; Colonial Times (Hobart), 21 May 1853, p 3 [Trove; 18 April 2023]
06⇑	Isaac Selby; The Old Pioneers' Memorial History of Melbourne; The Old Pioneers' Memorial Fund, Melbourne, 1924, p 380.
07⇑	Marjorie Morgan; Old Melbourne Cemetery, 1837-1922; Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, Oakleigh, 1982, p 134, 185.
08⇑	The site of the Old Melbourne Cemetery was taken over by the Queen Victoria Market. Many burials were relocated to Fawkner Cemetery.
09⇑	H W H Smythe [Fawkner Cemetery; 17 April 2023]

Further Reading

Profile:	Iain Malcolm Stuart; Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson (1813-1853); Gordon Forth (Editor); in: The Biographical Dictionary of the Western District of Victoria; Hyland House, South Melbourne, 1998; pp 147-148.
Profile:	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson (c1815-1854); in: Joan Kerr (Editor); The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992; pp 741-742.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2022-01-31	Page created.