Western Port Crown Lands District – Commissioners of Crown Lands


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Western Port District: Crown Lands

Roles:

Commissioners

Explanations:

Columns:	R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
	PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.

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.

Assignments:	The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.

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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Commissioners of Crown Lands

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
P1840	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1840-07-01	1840-06-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	Gisborne.
P1841	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1840-07-01	1840-06-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1842	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1840-07-01	1840-06-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1843	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1840-07-01	1840-06-01	1843-09-12	Western Port District	CCL.
P1843	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1844	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1845	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1846	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	1846-11-30	Western Port District	CCL.
P1846	Grimes, Edward	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01	R	1846-12-01	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	Powlett (on leave).
P1846	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	On leave (18 months).
P1847	Grimes, Edward	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01	R	1846-12-01	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1847	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	On leave (18 months).
P1848	Grimes, Edward	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01	R	1846-12-01	1846-12-01	1848-12-31	Western Port District	Powlett returned.
P1848	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1846-12-01	1848-12-31	Western Port District	On leave (18 months).
P1849	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1849-01-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	Returned from leave. Grimes.
P1850	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1849-01-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1851	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1846-11-09	1840-06-01	1851-06-30	Western Port District		Colony of Victoria.
V1851	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	Ongoing	Western Port District	Also GC.
V1852	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	TBD	Western Port District	Also GC.	Colonial Treasurer 1852-09-30.	[01]
V1853	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01	R		1851-07-01	1853-08-16	Western Port District	Colonial Treasurer to 1853-07-21.	Chief Commissioner	[02]
V1853	Thomson, John Campbell	(District) Commissioner		R	1853-02-07	1853-02-07	Ongoing	Western Port District	Powlett.
V1854	Thomson, John Campbell	(District) Commissioner		R		1853-02-07	1854-05	Western Port District
V1854	Barnard, Edward Thomas	(District) Commissioner		R		1854	1854	Western Port District	Filled in for Thomson.
V1854	Thomson, John Campbell	(District) Commissioner		R		1854-05	Ongoing	Western Port District			[03]
V1855	Thomson, John Campbell	(District) Commissioner		R		1853-02-07	Ongoing	Western Port District
V1857	Thomson, John Campbell	(District) Commissioner		R		1853-02-07	TBD	Western Port District

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Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	BB1852 has new from date 1840-05-01 and has him still CCL until promoted to Chief Commissioner in 1853.
02⇑	BB has him still Chief Commissioner in 1853. Including Gold Fields from 1851-10-02.
03⇑	Absent for some of the year and Barnard filled in. See also the note about PM.

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2024-11-29

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