Stewart, Robert Petty

Robert Petty Stewart, c1788-1855


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Robert Petty Stewart: 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:	c1788	Scotland.
Arrived:	TBD	TBD
Died:	19 February 1855	Lexton (Burn Bank), Colony of Victoria, age TBD [01].
Buried:	February 1855	Lexton Cemetery, Lexton, Colony of Victoria.

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Police Magistrate:

1851

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1804-08-16	1806-01-15			Ensign, 40th Regiment					Lieutenant.
		1806-01-16	1812-10-06			Lieutenant, 40th Regiment					Captain.
		1812-10-07	1826-10-26			Captain, 40th Regiment					Retired.
		1823-12-20				Embarked for NSW on the Prince Regent.					Convict escort with detachment of 57 men
		1826-01-26				Embarked for Hobart Town on the John					With detachment.
		1826-02-08				Arrived at Hobart Town
		1852-05-06	1852-11-04			Police Magistrate	Victoria	Petty Sessions	Castleton		to Lexton.
		1852-11-01	1852-12-31			Police Magistrate	Victoria	Petty Sessions	Lexton		Retired

References

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Notes
01⇑	Deaths - Stewart; Launceston Examiner, 24 February 1855, p 2 [Trove; 18 April 2023]

Further Reading

Updates

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