Charles Whalan (1772–1839)
Charles Whalan was sentenced to seven years transportation for poaching trout. He arrived in Sydney in 1791 aboard the Albemarle as part of the Third Fleet. His height was given as 5 feet 6 inches (167.6 cms) and his occupation as weaver. In 1793 he joined the New South Wales Corps and became Sergeant of the Governor’s Bodyguard of Light Horse, serving Governors Philip Gidley King and Lachlan Macquarie, until his retirement in 1822. He also became a trained surveyor. He married Elizabeth Berry in 1810.
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- death notice, Sydney Monitor, 22 April 1839, p 5
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Whalan, Elizabeth (wife)
- Cunynghame, Mary Matilda (daughter)
- Morris, Sarah (daughter)
- Whalan, James (son)
- Whalan, Charles (son)
- Whalan, Macquarie (son)
- Whalan, Campbell (son)
- Whalan, John MacLean (son)
- Whalan, Elizabeth (daughter-in-law)
- Griffiths, Lydia (daughter-in-law)
- Whalan, Jane (daughter-in-law)
- Whalan, Eliza (daughter-in-law)
- Whalan, Harriet (daughter-in-law)
- Cunynghame, Robert Drybrough (son-in-law)
- Morris, John (son-in-law)
- Whalan, Eliza (granddaughter)
- Charlton, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Morris, Elizabeth Jessie (granddaughter)
- Pickering, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Small, Sarah Louisa (granddaughter)
- Reilly, Mary Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Taylor, Catherine (granddaughter)
- Hughes, Sarah Maria (granddaughter)
- Whalan, Matilda Jane (granddaughter)
- Booth, Emma (granddaughter)
- Phair, Jessie Martha (granddaughter)
- Morris, Rose (granddaughter)
- Blackman, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Armstrong, Gertrude (granddaughter)
- Whiteford, Hannah Eliza (granddaughter)
- Whalan, Mary K. (granddaughter)
- Whalan, Harriet E. (granddaughter)
- Cunynghame, Charles Whalan (grandson)
- Cunynghame, James Whalan (grandson)
- Cunynghame, Robert (grandson)
- Cunynghame, Joseph Moore (grandson)
- Cunynghame, Thomas Moore (grandson)
- Whalan, James (grandson)
- Cunynghame, Sydney Charles (grandson)
- Whalan, Thomas (grandson)
- Whalan, Charles (grandson)
- Whalan, John Morris (grandson)
- Whalan, Alfred (grandson)
- Whalan, Edwin (grandson)
- Whalan, John Campbell (grandson)
- Whalan, Campbell Joseph (grandson)
- Whalan, Henry (grandson)
- Morris, John (grandson)
- Whalan, Arthur Frederick (grandson)
- Whalan, Glyndwr (grandson)
- Whalan, Robert McLean (grandson)
- Whalan, Alfred Samuel (grandson)
- Whalan, Horatio (grandson)
- Whalan, Albert (grandson)
- Whalan, Rowland George (grandson)
- Whalan, William Charles (grandson)
- Whalan, Edmund Macquarie (grandson)
- Whalan, Ernest Thomas (grandson)
- King, Philip Gidley (senior officer)
- Macquarie, Lachlan (senior officer)
- Whalan, Elizabeth (assigned convict)
Citation details
'Whalan, Charles (1772–1839)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/whalan-charles-27130/text34675, accessed 16 June 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Whalen, Charles
- Whelan, Charles
- Wayland, Charles
Birth
15 October,
1772
London,
Middlesex,
England
Death
18 April,
1839
(aged 66)
Prospect, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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