Taylor, James Grant

James Grant Taylor, 1820-1904

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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:20 March 1820St Quivox and Newton, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [01] [02].
Baptised:18 April 1820Newton-on-Ayr Parish Church, Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [03].
Arrived:1852TBD [04]
Married:22 February 1858Christ Church, Ballarat, Colony of Victoria, to Sophia Le Poer Trench [1840-1928] [05] [06].
Died:30 March 1904Hillside, Frankston, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 84 years [07] [08].
Buried:1 April 1904Frankston Cemetery, Frankston, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Area 1, Row FF, No 0031] [09].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
1871187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883188418851886188718881889
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870
1871187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883188418851886188718881889
Crown Lands:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Newton-on-Ayr Parish Records [ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) ; 15 April 2023].
02⇑The 1889 Public Service list has a birth date of 21 March 1821.
03⇑Newton-on-Ayr Parish Records [ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) ; 15 April 2023].
04⇑Obituaries say he arrived in Victoria in 1852.
05⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1858-000036.
06⇑Marriages - Taylor-Trench; The Argus (Melbourne), 25 February 1858, p 4 [Trove; 15 April 2023].
07⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1904-001466.
08⇑Deaths - Taylor; The Argus (Melbourne), 2 April 1904, p 9 [Trove; 15 April 2023].
09⇑Correspondence from Frankston Cemetery [ 18 April 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-11-13Life Events updated and references added.