St John, George Frederick Berkeley

George Frederick Berkeley St John, 1797-1866

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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:2 October 1797Rockley House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England [01] [02] [03].
Baptised:12 November 1797St Andrew's Anglican Church, Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, England [04].
Married:18 January 1836St Andrew's Church, Dublin, Ireland, to Henrietta Louisa Maria Jephson [1814-1887] [05].
Arrived:10 July 1840Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the ship Coromandel. Departed Plymouth, 10 January 1840 [06].
Departed:17 May 1849Returned to England on the ship Stag. Arrived Gravesend, 20 October 1849 [07] [08].
Died:24 July 1866Castle Yard, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England [residence] [09] [10] [11].
Buried:27 July 1866Windsor (Spital) Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire, England [12] [13].

Golden Colony Roles

Port Phillip:Police Magistrate:18311832183318341835183618371838183918401841184218431844
Crown Lands:183118321833183418351836183718381839184018411842184318441845184618471848

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1810-10-021813-12-2413Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military CollegeBritish ArmySandhurst Ensign.
1813-06-031817-04-2316Ensign, 51st Regiment of FootBritish Army Lieutenant.
1817-04-241818-12-2419Lieutenant, 51st Regiment of FootBritish ArmyPlaced on reserve list.
1818-12-251819-11-2421Lieutenant, 51st Regiment of FootBritish Army Reserve 42nd Regiment.
1819-11-251821-09-1322Lieutenant, 42nd Regiment of FootBritish Army Captain.
1821-09-131821-10-2524Captain, 42nd Regiment of FootBritish ArmyPlaced on reserve list.
1821-10-251823-05-0124Captain, 42nd Regiment of FootBritish Army Reserve 52nd Regiment.
1823-05-021830-08-0225Captain, 52nd Regiment of FootBritish Army Major.
1830-08-031839-05-3033Major, 52nd Regiment of FootBritish ArmyPlaced on reserve list.
1839-05-311839-12-3141Major, UnattachedBritish Army Reserve Retired.
18401841TBD
1841-06-2243Justice of the PeaceNSWPort Phillip
1841-09-071841-08-231844-09-2044Police MagistrateNSWMelbourne Simpson. CL.
1844-10-071844-09-211848-08-0847CommissionerNSWCrown LandsBourke County Airey. Suspended, then dismissed.
1848-08-091866-07-23TBDReturned to England. Died.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ John Debrett; Debrett's Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland; William Pickering, London, 1840; pp 89-90.
02⇑ 1851 England Census, [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 3 July 2026].
03⇑ War Office WO025-0795-43 - 52nd Regiment. Folio 84, Captain Frederick Berkeley St John [National Archives UK; 3 July 2026].
04⇑ Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 3 July 2026].
05⇑ Married - St John-Jephson; Cork Constitution, 21 January 1836, p 3 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 3 July 2026].
06⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; Port Phillip Gazette, 11 July 1840, p 2 [Trove; 3 July 2026].
07⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Melbourne Daily News, 14 May 1849, p 2 [Trove; 3 July 2026]
08⇑ The Stag arrived in Sydney on 23 May, but had to put in for repairs before sailing for England on 30 June.
09⇑ On the night of 23 July.
10⇑ Deaths - St John; Manchester Courier, 28 July 1866, p 7 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 3 July 2026].
11⇑ Death of a Waterloo Officer; Berkshire Chronicle, 28 July 1866, p 5 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 3 July 2026].
12⇑ Funeral of a Military Knight of Windsor; Windsor and Eton Express, 28 July 1866, p 4 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 9 July 2026].
13⇑ The Windsor Cemetery does not have a record of his burial so cannot identify his grave.

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