Chief Gold Commissioners – People


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Columns:	A allows you to filter by the first letter of the surname.
	War is whether the person served in World War 1 (WW1) or World War 2 (WW2).
	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.
	P (Profile), I (Image), B (Biography), F (Family), and R (Research Note) hold quick links to detailed pages, where available.
	The person has an entry in DB = Dictionary of Biography (A = Australian, C = Canadian); W = Wikipedia; G = Parliament (V = Victoria, T = Tasmania).

Links:	= Profile (same as "Name" column); = Image; = Biography; = Family; = Research Note.

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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	The Search box can also be used as a filter. For example, type Edward to see anyone with the name Edward.

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A list of the people who held the office and/or duties of Gold Commissioner between 1851 and 1855, including Chief Commissioners (1852-1855) and Resident Commissioners (1852-1855).

Gold Commissioners (Commissioners of Crown Lands for the Gold Fields)

A	Name	Birth	Death	Born	Background	PM	GC	GW	CL	CP	Years	DB	W	G	Comments
A	Addis, Edward Brown	1790	1866	England	Royal Navy		Y		Y		1840-1853
A	Amos, Gilbert Andrew	1830	1866	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1866
A	Anderson, William Acland Douglass	1829	1882	England	British Army		Y				1853-1855	A	W	V
A	Armstrong, David	1820	1883	Scotland	Bailiff		Y				1851-1852
B	Barnard, Edward Thomas	1826	1901	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
B	Barry, St Leger	1816	1888	Ireland	British Army		Y				1853-1854
B	Baxter, Benjamin	1806	1892	Ireland	British Army		Y				1851-1852
B	Bernal, Augustus Woodley	1825	1908	England	HEIC Madras Army		Y				1854-1855
B	Blake, Richard Everard	1819	1853	Ireland	British Army		Y				1853
B	Brackenbury, Walter Charles	1822	1899	England	HEIC Madras Army		Y	Y		Y	1852-1858
B	Bull, John Edward Newell	1806	1901	Ireland	British Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?	A	W
B	Bury, Frederick John	1815	1896	England	Industrialist		Y	Y			1853-1855
B	Bush, John	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD		Y				1854
B	Butt, John William Sinclair	1826	1894	England	TBD		Y				1854-1855
C	Campbell, Archibald	1823	1906	Canada	Barrister	Y	Y				1853
C	Clow, James Maxwell	1820	1894	India (British)	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-?
C	Cockburn, Owsley Rowley	1820	1904	Scotland	TBD		Y				1852-1854
C	Cogdon, John Montague	1830	1882	England	Clerk	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1878
C	Cooke, Samuel John	1814	1874	England	Accountant		Y				1852
C	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	1817	1889	France (British)	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
C	Cruickshank, Charles Edward	1815	1871	Scotland	TBD		Y				1852-1853
D	Daly, James	1825	1872	Ireland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-?
D	Dane, John	1810	1882	Ireland	British Army		Y				1851-1852		W	V
D	De Salis, John Henry	1818	1894	France (British)	Merchant		Y				1853-1854
D	Doveton, Francis Crossman	1817	1905	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y		Y	1851-1860
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.
E	Eyre, Alfred John	1815	1856	New South Wales	TBD	Y	Y				1852-?
F	Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander	1806	1863	Denmark (British)	TBD	Y	Y				1840-1843				Also 1851-1854. Brother of William Fenwick.
F	Fenwick, William	1829	1894	Denmark (British)	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1860				Brother of Nicholas Alexander Fenwick.
F	Fletcher, John	c1817	1854	TBD	TBD		Y				1851
F	Foster, Henry	1819	1884	TBD	TBD	Y	Y				1852-1853
F	Foster, William Henry	1832	1894	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1894				Except 1870-1874?
G	Gilbert, George Alexander	1815	1877	England	Gentleman		Y				1852-1853
G	Gray, William Nairn	1803	1854	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y		Y		1839-1854
G	Green, John	c1803	1856	England	TBD		Y				1852-1854
H	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	1817	1889	England	Barrister	Y	Y		Y		1854-1868
H	Hall, Charles Browning	1817	1891	England	Gentleman		Y				1852-1854
H	Hamilton, John Prendergast	1827	1884	Scotland	HEIC Madras Army	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1883
H	Harriott, George	1816	1892	India (British)	British Army	Y	Y				1853-?
H	Heron, Thomas Dennis Stratford	1826	1898	Ireland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1892
H	Horne, Richard Henry "Hengist"	1802	1884	England	Literary		Y				1853-1854	A	W		Also Military.
H	Horne, Robert Wintle	1810	1881	England	HEIC Bombay Army	Y	Y	Y		Y	1859-1862				Also 1851.
H	Hutton, Francis Frederick	1826	1859	England	Gentleman		Y				1852
J	Jacomb Hood, John Kemp	1823	1882	England	Advocate		Y				1852-1855
J	Johnston, James	1826	1885	Mauritius (British)	TBD		Y				1853-1855
J	Jones, Francis "Frank"	c1823	1891	Ireland	TBD		Y	Y			1852-1857
K	Kingdon, Samuel	1809	1885	England	TBD		Y				1852
L	Le Couteur, Edward Dickson	1828	1883	Jersey	Gentleman		Y				1853
L	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	c1824	1880	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1868
L	Lydiard, Charles John Pitfield	1828	1889	England	TBD		Y				1851-1852
M	Mackenzie, Robert Cleghorne	1832	1866	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1866
M	Maclean, Mordaunt	1824	1870	Scotland	Law Clerk		Y				1852
M	Meyer, Edwin	1827	1870	England	TBD		Y				1852-1853
M	Middleton, Herbert Taylor	1829	1875	England	British Army		Y				1853-1855
M	Mollison, Crawford	1817	1893	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878
M	Morphy, John Stephen	1811	1861	Ireland	TBD	Y	Y	Y		Y	1852-1861
M	Mostyn, Henry "Harry" Porter	1823	1889	Wales	Gentleman		Y				1852-1853
M	Murray, Virginius	1817	1861	England	British Army	Y	Y	Y		Y	1853-1861
M	Muspratt, Thomas	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD		Y				1853-1854
N	Naylor, Thomas Beagley	1829	1884	England	TBD		Y				1853
P	Panton, Joseph Anderson	1831	1913	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y		Y	1852-1907	A	W
P	Powlett, Frederick Armand	1811	1865	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1841-1865	A	W
P	Price, Henry	1819	1884	Guernsey	Gentleman	Y	Y				1853-1854
P	Pridham, Charles Algernon	1821	1898	England	Barrister		Y				1854
P	Puckle, Frederick Hale	1823	1909	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1878
R	Rawnsley, Henry Charles	1817	1873	England	Civil Engineer		Y				1852
R	Rede, Robert William	1815	1904	England	Gentleman		Y		Y		1852-1862	A	W
R	Reynell, Alfred	1815	1878	England	TBD		Y				1852-1854
R	Rudston Read, Charles	1818	1854	England	Royal Navy		Y				1852-1853	A
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	Smith, Alexander John	1812	1872	England	Royal Navy	Y	Y	Y		Y	1853-1861			V	Brother of Bernhard Smith.
S	Smith, Bernhard William	1820	1885	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1885	A			Brother of Alexander John Smith.
S	Smythe, George Douglas	1808	1858	England	TBD		Y				1852				Brother of Henry Wilson Hutchinson Smythe.
S	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	1815	1853	Wales	TBD	Y	Y		Y		1843-1853				Brother of George Douglas Smythe.
S	Standish, Frederick Charles	1824	1883	England	British Army		Y	Y		Y	1854-1858	A	W
S	Symonds, Edward Stace	1816	1899	England	TBD		Y				1852-1855
T	Taylor, James Grant	1820	1904	Scotland	Ship Broker	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1889
T	Templeton, William	1827	1890	Scotland	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1853-1878	A
T	Thompson, George Agar	1824	1860	Scotland	British Army	Y	Y	Y		Y	1854-1860
T	Thomson, John Campbell	1822	1897	Scotland	TBD	Y	Y	Y	Y		1852-1891
T	Turner, William	1818	1883	England	TBD	Y	Y	Y			1852-1857
T	Tyers, Charles James	1806	1870	England	Royal Navy Schoolmaster	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1843-1867	A	W
U	Urquhart, John	1810	1861	Scotland	British Army		Y				1853				Also in Marines.
W	Webster, George	1830	1875	Ireland	Clerk		Y				1853
W	Webster, Graham	1830	1902	England	Gentleman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1854-1886
W	Wilberforce, William	1821	1900	England	Barrister		Y				1853
W	Wilkinson, John	1789	1871	England	Surveyor		Y			Y	1858-1860				Also 1853-1854. Also Merchant.
W	Willoby, William Allan	1811	1871	England	Law Clerk	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1852-1871
W	Wright, William Henry	1816	1877	England	British Army		Y	Y	Y		1846-1860	A		V