Commissioners of Crown Lands – People


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A list of people who held the office and/or duties of Commissioner of Crown Lands between 1836 and 1862, including Chief Commissioners (1853-1860) and District Commissioners (1838-1859).

Commissioners of Crown Lands

A	Name	Birth	Death	Born	Background	PM	GC	GW	CL	CP	Years	DB	W	G	Comments
A	Adair, Thomas								Y
A	Addis, Edward Brown	1790	1866	England	Royal Navy		Y		Y		1840-1853
A	Airey, George Sherbrooke	1810	1880	Scotland	Royal Navy				Y		1841-1844
A	Alley, James Henry Cooper	1828	1916	Ireland	TBD	Y		Y	Y	Y	1860-1890
A	Amos, Gilbert Andrew	1830	1866	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1866
B	Barclay, Hugh Ross								Y
B	Barnard, Edward Thomas	1826	1901	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
B	Batman, Henry	1803	1839	New South Wales	Grazier				Y		1837-1838
B	Bell, Edward	1813	1871	India (British)	TBD	Y			Y		1852-1854
B	Bickford, Nicholas Moysey								Y
B	Blair, James	1808	1880	Ireland	Law Clerk	Y			Y		1840-1866	A
B	Bonsey, William Henry	1817	1900	England	Solicitor	Y			Y		1853-?		W
B	Bookey, Power Le Poer								Y
B	Brownrigg, Marcus Freeman	1801	1884	Ireland	Royal Navy	Y			Y		1860-?
B	Bull, John Edward Newell	1806	1901	Ireland	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?	A	W
B	Butler, Walter	c1833	1878	Ireland	Clerk	Y		Y	Y		1862-1878
C	Call, Frederick	1827	1894	England	Advocate	Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1890
C	Carey, John Le Marchant	1824	1891	England	British Army	Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-1868
C	Carr, Charles Warburton	c1824	1888	Ireland	TBD	Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1888
C	Chambers, David Douglas								Y
C	Chauncy, Philip Lamonthe Snell								Y				W
C	Clarke, Lindsay								Y
C	Clissold, Stephen Thomas	1825	1898	England	Barrister	Y		Y	Y		1858-1868		W
C	Clow, James Maxwell	1820	1894	India (British)	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?
C	Cobham, Francis McCrae								Y
C	Cogdon, John Montague	1830	1882	England	Clerk	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1878
C	Crawford, William	1815	1862	Ireland	Royal Navy	Y			Y		1858-1862
C	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	1817	1889	France (British)	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
D	D'Arcy, Frederick Robert	1811	1875	England	Draftsman				Y		1836-?
D	Daly, James	1825	1872	Ireland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
D	Dana, William Augustus Pulteney								Y
D	Dawson, William Tennent								Y
D	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	1835	1894	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878
D	Drummond, William Henry Murray	1828	1868	Scotland	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1868				Except 1856.
F	Fenwick, William	1829	1894	Denmark (British)	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1860				Brother of Nicholas Alexander Fenwick.
F	Fetherstonhaugh, Cuthbert	1803	1892	Ireland	Gentleman	Y		Y	Y		1854-?
F	Foster, William Henry	1832	1894	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1894				Except 1870-1874?
F	Furnell, Samuel Stackpole								Y
F	Fyans, Foster	1790	1870	Ireland	British Army	Y			Y		1837-1852	A	W
G	Gaunt, William Henry	1830	1905	England	Law Clerk	Y		Y	Y	Y	1855-1878	A
G	Geary, Harry Vincent								Y
G	Gilles, Lewis William	1796	1884	England	Royal Navy	Y			Y		1854-1866
G	Gisborne, Henry Fyshe	1813	1841	England	Gentleman				Y		1839-1840	A	W
G	Gray, William Nairn	1803	1854	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y		Y		1839-1854
G	Grimes, Edward	1812	1859	England	Gentleman				Y		1846-1848		W	V
H	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	1817	1889	England	Barrister	Y	Y		Y		1854-1868
H	Hamilton, John Prendergast	1827	1884	Scotland	HEIC Madras Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1883
H	Harrison, George	1805	1887	England	Royal Navy	Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-?
H	Heron, Thomas Dennis Stratford	1826	1898	Ireland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1892
H	Hill, Henry								Y
H	Hoddle, Robert	1794	1881	England	Surveyor				Y		1837-?	A	W
L	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	1817	1878	Corfu (British)	Architect	Y		Y	Y	Y	1856-1878	C	W
L	Langley, Thomas Edward								Y
L	Larritt, Richard William								Y
L	Lavender, William	1795	1870	England	TBD	Y			Y		1852-?
L	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	c1824	1880	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1868
L	Lyttleton, Thomas Hamilton								Y
M	Mackenzie, Robert Cleghorne	1832	1866	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1866
M	Manning, Edward	1823	1878	England	Administration	Y			Y		1859-1860
M	Martin, Alexander Lyle								Y
M	Mason, Joseph								Y
M	Mayne, William Colburn	1808	1902	Ireland	British Army				Y		1846	A	W
M	McCrae, Andrew Murison	1800	1874	Scotland	Solicitor	Y		Y	Y	Y	1851-?
M	McCulloch, Robert								Y
M	McLachlan, Lachlan	1808	1885	Scotland	Solicitor	Y		Y	Y		1853-?	A
M	Mollison, Crawford	1817	1893	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878
O	Orme, Francis Knox	1817	1891	Ireland	Barrister	Y		Y	Y	Y	1854-1891
P	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	1818	1898	England	Royal Navy	Y		Y	Y		1852-1878	A	W
P	Pinniger, Thomas Wilkinson								Y
P	Piper, William	1813	1872	England	Gentleman	Y		Y	Y	Y	1853-1869
P	Pohlman, Frederick Roper	1818	1905	England	TBD	Y		Y	Y	Y	1859-1870
P	Powlett, Frederick Armand	1811	1865	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1841-1865	A	W
P	Puckle, Frederick Hale	1823	1909	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1878
R	Rede, Robert William	1815	1904	England	Gentleman		Y		Y		1852-1862	A	W
R	Reid, Francis Archibald Savage								Y
R	Robertson, Alexander Philadelphia Lamb	1829	1878	Scotland	Physician	Y			Y		1857-1867
R	Russell, Robert	1808	1900	England	Surveyor				Y		1836-?	A	W
S	Scott, Robert Dunbar	?-18	1898	Scotland	Surveyor				Y
S	Shadforth, Robert William	1816	1900	France (British)	Law Clerk	Y		Y	Y		1858-?				Also 1852-1853.
S	Sherard, Charles Wale	1820	1889	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?
S	Shuter, Charles	1832	1902	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1893
S	Simpson, James (Warne)	1791	1857	England	TBD	Y			Y		1849-1851	A			Also 1840-1841.
S	Skene, Alexander John								Y			A	W
S	Slade, Edgar								Y
S	Smith, Bernhard William	1820	1885	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1885	A			Brother of Alexander John Smith.
S	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	1815	1853	Wales	TBD	Y	Y		Y		1843-1853				Brother of George Douglas Smythe.
S	Snodgrass, Peter	1817	1867	Portugal (British)	Gentleman				Y		1838-1839	A	W	V
S	St John, George Frederick Berkeley	1797	1866	England	British Army	Y			Y		1841-1848
S	Stewart, George	1803	1890	TBD	Clerk	Y			Y		1848-1866
S	Strutt, Charles Edward	1814	1897	England	Physician	Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1878
S	Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley	1815	1885	England	Gentleman	Y		Y	Y		1853-1878	A	W
T	Taylor, James Grant	1820	1904	Scotland	Ship Broker	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1889
T	Taylor, James Hamlet								Y
T	Taylor, Robert Crofton								Y
T	Templeton, William	1827	1890	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878	A
T	Thomson, John Campbell	1822	1897	Scotland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y		1852-1891
T	Tyers, Charles James	1806	1870	England	Royal Navy Schoolmaster	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1843-1867	A	W
U	Urquhart, William Swan								Y				W
W	Watson, Thomas or J								Y
W	Webster, Graham	1830	1902	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1886
W	Willoby, William Allan	1811	1871	England	Law Clerk	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1871
W	Wills, Alfred Currie	1823	1871	England	TBD	Y		Y	Y	Y	1858-1871
W	Wilmot, John George Winchester								Y
W	Wilson, Bowes Todd								Y
W	Winch, Frederick Alfred								Y
W	Wright, William Henry	1816	1877	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y		1846-1860	A		V