People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

19 May, 1792
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Death

16 April, 1862 (aged 69)
St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

paralysis

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Passenger Ship

• British Sovereign (1835)
• William Hyde (1846)

Occupation or Descriptor

• civil engineer
• commandant/supervisor of convicts
• commissioner of crown lands
• company director
• defence forces personnel (British)
• Member of Upper House
• public servant
• surveyor-general

Military Service

• Royal Engineers (British)

Key Organisations

• Sydney School of Arts
• Australian Gaslight Co
• Savings Bank of New South Wales

Key Places

• Port Curtis convict settlement (Qld)

Workplaces

• Parliament of New South Wales