Individual Notes
Note for: Harry Holdsworth Rawson, 5 NOV 1843 - 3 NOV 1910
Index
Occupation: Place: Governor of New South Wales
Burial: Date:
Place: Bracknell Parish Church, UK
Individual Note: Original Source - Obituary of Edmund Stansfield Rawson
"a cousin"
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Source - Personal communication from Diana Daly / Hamer, Genes Reunited, June 2007
Hi Michael,
Harry was my grandfather's uncle, my grandfather being Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, who from 1924-1930 followed in Harry's footsteps as Governor of NSW. My great-grandmother was Harry's sister, Francis Emily (I've guessed her d.o.b.), who married Dudley Raikes de Chair, a friend of Harry's I believe.
I've opened my family tree to you, though it's not nearly so comprehensive or informative as yours.
I'm having difficulties with the genes reunited website in that it frequently produces error messages when I try to save new information, sometimes losing the information I've entered so I have to start again To check whether this is due to the Apple Safari browser I normally use, is this a problem you have ever encountered? And if not, which browser do you use?
Somewhere among family papers in our loft I may have more family tree information, but unfortunately at present have not had (and do not have) time to investigate further
Regards,
Diana Daly
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Source - FreeBMD
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Dec 1843
RAWSON Harry Holdsworth Liverpool 20380
Marriages Dec 1871
Jukes Sarah Jane Wirral 8a707
PEEVER John Wirral 8a707
Rawson Harry Holdsworth Wirral 8a707
Shaw Florence Alice S Wirral 8a707
Deaths Dec 1910
Rawson Harry H 66 Marylebone 1a352
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Source - 1871 England Census
NameAge in 1871BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Harry H Rawson27 Islington, Lancashire, EnglandLieutenant Vessels Hampshire
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Source - 1881 England Census
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Charles E. GIFFORD Other M Male 37 Milton Abbot, Devon, England Secretary
William F. TUNNARD Other U Male 27 Acton, Northampton, England Flag Lieutenant
William H. ROWE Other U Male 26 Old Climo Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England Assistant Paymaster
Edward J. LEVESON Other U Male 19 (B S), Singapore Clerk
Charles K. HOPE Other U Male 33 Romford, Essex, England Senior Lieutenant
Augustus L.K. KNAPTON Other U Male 26 Boldog, Hampshire, England Lieutenant
Randolph F.O. FOOTE Other M Male 27 Plymouth, Devon, England Gunnery Lieutenant
James G. EDE Other M Male 27 Cork CoHaulbowline, Ireland Lieutenant
Charles N. ROBERTSON Other M Male 24 London, Middlesex, England Lieutenant
Joseph HONNER Other U Male 21 Clonomel Tipperary, Ireland Lieutenant
Archibald B. MILNE Other U Male 25 London, Middlesex, England Lieutenant
Arthur W.A. (C B) HOOD Other M Male 56 Bath, Somerset, England Vice Admiral
Horace R. ADAMS Other U Male 30 East Moulsey, Surrey, England Torpedo Lieutenant
John R.E. PATTISSON Other M Male 36 Witham, Essex, England Commander
Harry H. RAWSON Other M Male 37 Walton On Hill Nr Liverpool Captain
Source Information:
Vessel "Minotaur"
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Matches for wife Florence Alice S or Sarah Jane:
Household:
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Charles H. HAYHURST Head M Male 49 Davenham, Cheshire, England JP & Lieut Colonel 14 Cheshire Militia
Annie E. HAYHURST Wife M Female 35 Woodchurch, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth H. HAYHURST Daur Female 14 Davenham, Cheshire, England
Evelyn M. HAYHURST Daur Female 11 Goostrey, Cheshire, England
Frederick C. HAYHURST Son Male 8 Davenham, Cheshire, England
William H. HAYHURST Son Male 7 Davenham, Cheshire, England
Cecil H. HAYHURST Son Male 6 Davenham, Cheshire, England
Phoebe C.I. ALCOCK Boarder U Female 54 London, London, Middlesex, England Governess
Florence A. RAWSON Visitor M Female 36 Woodchurch, Cheshire, England
Alice E. RAWSON Visitor Female 8 Woodchurch, Cheshire, England
William O. SHAW Visitor U Male 33 Woodchurch, Cheshire, England
+ many servants
(Continued)
Source Information:
Dwelling Bostock Hall
Census PlaceBostock, Cheshire, England
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Daughter?
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Sep 1872
RAWSON Alice Evelyn Wirral 8a426
Note: Wirral includes:
Arrowe, Barnston, Bebington, Bidston cum Ford (1837-61), Birkenhead (1837-61), Brimstage, Bromborough, Burton by Neston, Caldy, Childer Thornton, Claughton cum Grange (1837-61), Eastham, Ellesmere Port, Frankby, Gayton, Grange, Greasby, Great Meols, Great Neston, Great Sutton, Heswall cum Oldfield, Higher Bebington, Hoose, Hooton, Hoylake, Irby, Landican, Ledsham, Leighton, Liscard (1837-61), Little Meols, Little Neston, Little Sutton, Lower Bebington, Moreton, Ness, Neston cum Parkgate, Netherpool, Newton cum Larton, Noctorum (1837-61), Overpool, Oxton (1837-61), Pensby, Poulton cum Seacombe (1837-61), Poulton cum Spital, Prenton, Puddington, Raby, Rock Ferry (1837-98), Saughall Massie, Storeton, Thingwall, Thornton Hough, Thurstaston, Tranmere (1837-61), Upton by Birkenhead, Wallasey (1837-61), West Kirby, Whitby, Willaston, Woodchurch.
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Source - 1901 Census
Name: Sir Harry H Rawson KCB
Age in 1901: 57
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Members Of Crew
Gender: Male
Where born: Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Vessels
Town: Gibraltar
County/Island: Royal Navy
Country: England
Condition as to marriage: Married
Employment status: Vice Admoral
Source information: RG13/5327
Registration district: Royal Navy at Sea and in Ports Abroad
Sub-registration district: RN Ships
ED, institution, or vessel: Majestic
Folio: 89
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Probable son, note name "Shaw" this is one of two possible names for wife.
Name: Harry Christopher Shaw Rawson
Age in 1901: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relation: Officers Belonging To The Ship
Gender: Male
Where born: Woodchurch; Birkenhead
Lieutenant
Civil parish: Vessels
Town: Grand Harbour Malta
County/Island: Royal Navy
Country: England
Source information: RG13/5332
Registration district: Royal Navy at Sea and in Ports Abroad
Sub-registration district: RN Ships
ED, institution, or vessel: Royal Sovereign
Folio: 138
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Source - NSW Government
List of Governors of New South Wales:
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21. Admiral Sir Harry Rawson 27 May, 1902 to 27 May 1909
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Source - http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
Encyclopedia: Sir Harry Rawson
Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, KCB (1843-1910), is chiefly remembered now for having overseen the British 'Punitive Expedition' of 1897 that burned and looted the city of Benin, now in Nigeria. No shame was attached to the event at the time, and Admiral Rawson was appointed Governor of New South Wales, 27 May 1902 - 27 May 1909. The first naval officer since Captain Bligh to hold the post, he proved so popular that his term was extended.
Admiral Rawson was commander of British naval forces at the Cape of Good Hope at the time, and the Expedition was regarded in British circles largely as a stroke of disciplined and coordinated planning:
"In twenty-nine days a force of 1200 men, coming from three places between 3000 and 4500 m. from the Benin river, was landed, organized, equipped and provided with transport. Five days later the city of Benin was taken, and in twelve days more the men were re-embarked, and the ships coaled and ready for any further service." (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911).
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Source - http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/nswconstitution/html/3rd/bgr/gov/rawson.html
ADMIRAL SIR HARRY HOLDSWORTH RAWSON, KCB
27 May, 1902 to 27 May 1909
[picture]
Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, KCB
[Courtesy of Government House,
Historic Houses Trust]
Twenty first governor of New South Wales.
Born in England in 1843.
First naval officer since Captain Bligh appointed Governor of New South Wales.
After the New South Wales Constitution Act had been passed and amended, the power of the Governor to fix the time and the place for holding every session of the Legislative Council and Assembly and the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly was reiterated.
Instrumental in deciding the replacement Premier for Sir John See.
Other changes that occurred with Federation were that from 1902 official communication with England now came through the Governor-general’s office rather than through separate state Governor’s offices.
Dispatches from the Imperial Office now came directly to the Governor-general who then passed them on to the relevant state governments.
He had "a capacity for suggesting improvements or modifications to the State Government" without giving offence.
In order to save the amount of time and money he felt was wasted in parliament, he suggested that, apart from party leaders, "all others may only speak as long as to take up three columns of Hansard when reported and if they desire to continue a charge of ten shillings a column shall be made."
Tried to smooth the bitter religious divides and Commonwealth-State relations.
Promoted the 'ultimate formation of a separate navy' for Australia.
Generally supported the Governor-general but insisted the communications between State Governors and the Colonial Office remain confidential. Believed strongly in state rights.
Devoted to his charitable and social duties including Masonic Lodges.
Due to his popularity, his his term was extended.
Died in London in 1910.
Chris Cunneen, 'DE CHAIR, Sir D. R. S., Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, ed. Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, pp 267-268.
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Source - Memorial
Memorial location: St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript: 'TO THE BELOVED AND HONOVRED MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR HARRY HOLDSWORTH RAWSON G.C.B. G.C. M.G. BORN NOV.5TH 1843. PASSED ON NOV 3RD 1910 HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1857. AND RETIRED 1908 AFTER 51 YEARS OF CONTINUOVS ACTIVE SERVICE SERVED IN CHINA WAR 1851-61. WAS PRESENT AT CAPTVRE OF PEIHO, TAKV FORTS AND PEKIN COMMANDED THIRTEEN HVNDRED CHINESE TROOPS AT DEFENCE OF NINGPO, WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED AND SEVERAL TIMES MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES PRINCIPAL TRANSPORT OFFICER EGYPTIAN WAR 1882 ADC TO QUEEN VICTORIA 1890, ON INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL COMMITTEE 1892-95 COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA 1895-98. IN COMMAND OF EXPEDITION AGAINST M'WALE AND CAPTURE OF M'WALE IN 1895. BOMBARDMENT OF ZANZIBAR 1897. COMMANDED THE BENIN EXPEDITION AND CAPTVRED BENIN 1897. COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF CHANNEL SQUADRON 1898-01 GOVERNOR OF NEW SOVTH WALES 1902-09 HELD THE HVMANE SOCIETY'S MEDAL AND CIVIC CROSS OF BELGIVM FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS RELATIVES'
Memorial Details:
Description:
Arms, enamelled above. The inscription in an architectural surround, a naval crown and foul anchorflanking the base, on which are Rawsons medals within a laurel wreath.
Type:Wall tablet
Position:Crypt
Materials:Bronze, enamel
Event: Second China War 1857-1860
19th century conflicts in Asia
People listed on the memorial:
Records 1 - 1 of 1
Rawson, Harry Holdsworth
Age:
Date of death:2/11/1910Cause of death:Unknown/None
Rank/Occupation:Admiral
Organisation:Royal Navy
Records 1 - 1 of 1
Extra info:
Notes: Buried in Bracknell Parish church.
Individual Notes
Note for: Harry Christopher Shaw Rawson, ABT 1878 -
Index
Individual Note: Source - FreeBMD
Births Jun 1878
Rawson Harry Christopher S Wirral 8a490
Individual Notes
Note for: Hubert Wyatt H Rawson, 1887 -
Index
Individual Note: Source - FreeBMD
Births Dec 1887
Rawson Hubert Wyatt H Wirral 8a446
Individual Notes
Note for: Emma Sarah Rawson, ABT 1815 - 6 JAN 1854
Index
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EMMA SARAH RAWSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
09 MAR 1815 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: STANSFELD RAWSON Family
Mother: ELIZTH.
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
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Emma Sarah Rawson
Female Family
Event(s):
Birth:
About 1820 Gledhow, , Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
06 JAN 1854
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stanfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Unavailable Family
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Emma Sarah Rawson
Female Family
Event(s):
Birth:
15 MAY 1814 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
06 JAN 1854
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stansfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Mathew John Rhodes Family
Marriage:
20 MAR 1839
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Individual Notes
Note for: Delia Elizabeth Rawson, 14 JUL 1809 - 10 JUL 1870
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DELIA ELIZABETH RAWSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth:
14 JUL 1809
Christening:
06 FEB 1810 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: STANSFELD RAWSON Family
Mother: ELIZABETH
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record
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Delia Elizabeth Rawson
Female
Event(s):
Birth:
About 1816 Gledhow, , Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
10 JUL 1870
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stanfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church
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Individual Notes
Note for: Francis William Rawson, 8 JAN 1808 - 3 AUG 1859
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FRANCIS WILLIAM RAWSON
Male
Event(s):
Birth:
03 JAN 1808
Christening:
06 FEB 1808 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: STANSFELD RAWSON Family
Mother: ELIZABETH
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
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Francis William Rawson
Male Family
Event(s):
Birth:
08 JAN 1808 Gledhow, , Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stanfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Unavailable Family
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Francis William Rawson
Male Family
Event(s):
Birth:
08 JAN 1808 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
03 AUG 1859
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stansfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Sarah Beaumont Family
Marriage:
26 MAY 1836
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Francis William Rawson
Male Family
Event(s):
Birth:
08 JAN 1808 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
03 AUG 1859
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stansfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Sarah Beaumont Family
Marriage:
26 MAY 1836
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Individual Notes
Note for: Catherine Rawson, 3 APR 1803 - 1885
Index
Individual Note: IGI Individual Record
CATHARINE RAWSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth:
03 APR 1803
Christening:
29 SEP 1803 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: STANSFELD RAWSON Family
Mother: ELIZABETH
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.
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Catherine Rawson
Female Family
Event(s):
Birth:
About 1814 Gledhow, , Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stanfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Unavailable Family
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Catherine Rawson
Female Family
Event(s):
Birth:
03 APR 1803 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
06 MAR 1885
Burial:
Parents:
Father: Stansfield Rawson Family
Mother: Elizabeth Leach
Marriages:
Spouse: Thomas Worsely Family
Marriage:
20 JUN 1842
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church
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SOurce - From History to her Story http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk/glossary.php?asection=6
"Rawson, Catherine: Daughter of Stansfield Rawson of Gledholt, Huddersfield; a younger cousin of AW and close friend; they travelled to the Lakes together." AW = Anne Walker?? as in "Under the terms of Anne's will, her partner Anne Walker inherited Shibden Hall: on her death the property reverted to Lister family ownership."
Individual Notes
Note for: Edmund Rawson, ABT 1816 -
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EDMUND RAWSON
Male
Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
22 DEC 1816 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: STANSFELD RAWSON Family
Mother: ELIZTH.
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record
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Individual Notes
Note for: Barbara Collinson, ABT 1813 - 23 OCT 1844
Index
Individual Note: Possibly a daughter of John Collinson bc son of Joseph Collinson b1698 and Agnes Middleton bc1700??
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Source - The Carlisle Patriot, Friday, November 1, 1844
Note: Kirk*arl* is probably Kirkharle. Can't find a list of vicars yet.
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:52:45 -0500
From: "Barb Baker"
To: CUMBERLAND-L@@rootsweb.com
Message-ID: <007e01c4dd67$dec8fb60$0202a8c0@@windows98>
Subject: The Carlisle Patriot, Friday, November 1, 1844, DEATHS
DEATHS.
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At London, on the 23rd, ultimo, aged 31 years, in Northumberland Street, New
Road, BARBARA C.C. COLLINSON, youngest daughter of the late REV. JOHN
COLLINSON, vicar of Kirk*arl*, Northumberland.
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Individual Notes
Note for: Peter Collinson, 14 JAN 1693/94 - 11 AUG 1768 Index
Occupation:
Date: 1731
Place: First to cultivate orchids (Bletia vercunda) in Britain
Individual Note:
Famous naturalist who corresponded with Benjamin Franklin and Linneaus.
Piecing together various sources, his family connections are as follows
- Grandson of a Peter Collinson
- Had an uncle Peter
- Had brother James who had a son Richard
- Appears to have married "the daughter of Mr. Hinton Brown", she and one child appearing to die before him
- Married Mary Bushell or Russell
- Had only a son Michael and a daughter Mary
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Source - http://www.history.org/Almanack/resources/glossary/rsrcehg1.cfm
Collinson, Peter (1694-1768), English Quaker and woolen merchant of London. "In the very early part of my life," Collinson recalled, "I had a love for gardening." He became a fellow of the Royal Society when he was 35. His garden at Mill Hill near London was famous: "My Garden is now a Paradise of Delight," he wrote to Linneaus in September 1765. Collinson imported seeds from all over the world. From his contacts in North America he supplied boxes of seeds and plants to English dukes and earls, and to such well-known gardeners as William Penn and Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden. It is said that what Collinson and his North American coterie of correspondents did for both English and American gardens has no parallel elsewhere at any other time in garden history.
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Source - IGI Individual Record
Peter Collinson had 1 son, 1 dau - is this one??
Mary Collinson
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 16 JAN 1730 , London, England
Christening:
Parents:
Father: Peter Collinson
Mother: Mary Collinson
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Collinson (Peter), naturaliste et physicien né à Hugal Hall (Westmoreland) le 14 janvier 1694, mort à Londres le 11 août 1768. Il était négociant (mercer by trade) à Londres et membre de la Société royale. Collinson s'occupa de botanique de bonne heure, fit de nombreuses expériences de naturalisation des plantes (c'est lui qui a conseillé de cultiver la vigne en Virginie) et entretint une correspondance suivie avec les plus savants naturalistes de tous les pays. C'est dans des lettres adressées à Collinson que Benjamin Franklin, son ami, mentionna pour la première fois ses expériences sur l'électricité. Il s'occupa beaucoup aussi d'archéologie. On trouve des mémoires de lui sur l'histoire naturelle, la physique, etc., dans le Gentleman's Magazine et le Philosophical Transactions. (Dr. L. Hn.).
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Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768
Peter Collinson, English merchant and naturalist, was born January 14, 1694 near Windermere. His parents raised him in the Quaker tradition, although later in life he would withdraw from the Society of Friends. In his youth, Collinson's interests lay in the natural sciences. His abilities in entomology and in systematizing the collection of flora and fauna gained him the attentions leading naturalists of his day, including Sir Hans Sloane, of the British Royal Society. Collinson and his brother built upon their father's cloth business, opening the business to trans-Atlantic trad
Widely successful as a merchant, Collinson's trade with the American colonies enabled him to further pursue scientific interests. Collinson never voyaged to America himself, but he provided financial and academic support to the endeavors of other naturalists, including botanist and ornithologist Mark Catesby. His letters appear in the correspondence of most noted European and American scientists of the early eighteenth century, including Carolus Linnaeus, Benjamin Franklin and John Bartram. For his American correspondents, Collinson served as intermediary, providing mentorship, regular updates on studies in European publications, and access to the English scientific community. For John Bartram, Collinson initiated a subscription service, whereby the American naturalist would send regular botanical specimens to a group of British collectors. It was Collinson who introduced Benjamin Franklin to contemporary European studies on electricity. He published studies conducted by American friends in the papers of the British Royal Society, to which he was elected in 1728.
In 1724, Collinson married Mary Bushnell, with whom he had one son and one daughter. On their estate in Hendon, Collinson created a botanical garden on which he experimented with new means of cultivation. He exchanged plants with American growers, introducing many new plant species on both ends of the transactions. Notable is a long-standing exchange of flower varieties with Virginia gardener George Custis.
Peter Collinson died August 11, 1768.
Source: "Collinson, Peter." In The Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4. Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968; Hatch, Peter J. The Garden World of Williamsburg's John Custis . Twinleaf Journal Online. Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 1999. (August 12, 2003).
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COLLINSON, PETER (1694-1768) - Naturalist, Botanist, Mercer, corresponded with Benjamin Franklin
Collinson, Peter (1694-1768). British. Merchant and amateur naturalist in London, corresponded with many scientists. Made Linnaeus and his works widely known.
“Description of the Miscellaneous Plate of Horn-tailed Turtle.” Gentleman’s Magazine, 28, 1758.
“An Extract of Mr. Wm. (sic) Bartram’s Observations in a Journey (September 5–25, 1765) Up the River Savannah in Georgia, with his Son, on Discoveries.” Gentleman’s Magazine, 37, 1767. Edited & paraphrased by Collinson.
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Dr. Richard Hill was born in Anne Arundel County in 1698. He spent the first half of his adult life, until the age of 41, living on a tract called Scorton, just outside the town limits of London Town. He like other family members were ship owners and merchants. But Hill also trained as a physician, perhaps apprenticed to a cousin who practiced in Philadelphia.
As a physician, Hill had a natural interest in plants for their medicinal properties. He made connections with amateur scientists in England who were eager for samples of North American plants. He also corresponded with Peter Collinson, a member of the Royal Society of London. The Royal Society supported and encouraged scientific exploration of the New World. And it was Collinson who directed John Bartram, America's foremost naturalist, to visit London Town and meet Richard Hill. Hill and Collinson were both prolific correspondents. No doubt the letters they exchanged were a mother lode of information about plants in the London Town area, unfortunately those letters have yet to come to light and we are left with the names of only four plants that Hill sent to England: tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) was handsomely illustrated in John Martyn’s Historia plantarum rariorum, published in 1728 and one of the earliest works with color- printed plates; two others, Jerusalem Oak (Chenopodium botrys, a species of lamb's quarters) and Quinzy Root (Eryngium yuccifolium, now known as rattlesnake master), were commented on in correspondence with the Royal Society; the fourth, Cassia marilandica, or wild senna, exists as a dried specimen in the Sloane Herbarium, a collection of the British Museum in London.
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1731 - English haberdasher Peter Collinson is the first to cultivate orchids (Bletia vercunda) in Britain.
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Although Per’s phenomenal gift for languages was unaffected, he was left with epilepsy and memory loss. One of the matters to slip through the net of memory was the location of a letter written by the Quaker naturalist Peter Collinson to Solander, in October 1767. Per had noted the existence of this letter in a working calendar of correspondence, but he simply could not remember where it was held. Shortly before we were obliged to hand our manuscript to Melbourne University Press, he suddenly remembered that it was among Benjamin Franklin’s papers in the American Philosophical Society’s collection in Philadelphia. Keen to offer our readers a comprehensive collection of Solander’s correspondence, I sent an urgent fax to Philadelphia explaining our project and our looming deadline, but was very disappointed to learn that the original letter could not be found. Then the librarian remembered that there was a photostat, dating from the 1950s, in the Franklin Collection at Yale University Library. It is hard for me to describe the pleasure and relief I felt on receiving that eighteenth- century letter from Yale the following morning. It is not often that you receive a fax from someone who has been dead for nearly 230 years, telling you that Benjamin Franklin is coming for the weekend
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Two other notable botanists of the time, and long-distance friends of Clayton, were Peter Collinson (1694-1768), a London mercer with business interests in North America, and his protégé in Philadelphia, John Bartram (1699- 1777). Collinson encouraged Clayton to collect mosses and other non-flowering plants, and also introduced him to Bartram who was later (in 1765) to be appointed the King's botanist.
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Linnaeus recommended to the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg that Solander be appointed Professor of botany, but the latter refused the position after listening to the advice of his friend Peter Collinson, who had recommended Solander to be appointed Assistant Librarian at the British Museum. In 1763 the new Assistant Librarian began the task of cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum. Possibly before this time or certainly shortly after the British Museum appointment he came to the attention of (Sir) Joseph Banks, the British naturalist and member of the Royal Geographic Society. At the time Banks was a mere 20 years of age, but such was his reputation that he was engaged to accompany James Cook on his first voyage to the South Seas. He and Solander would have undertaken the responsibility to search out new flora and fauna, to collect where possible and record those species that were found, an onerous task..
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Source - http://www.r-alston.dircon.co.uk/ch_eng.htm
Appears to be a listing of country mansions in England, no explanation.
MIDDLESEX
MILL HILL msx Ridgeway House
Collinson - Salisbury 1720+
Owned by Peter Collinson (d. 1768), naturalist; Richard A. Salisbury (d. 1829), botanist. Taken over by Mill Hill School in 1807. Demolished 1825. VCH Middlesex.
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Source - Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;: Comprising Biographical ... By John Nichols, Samuel Bentley, page 315, Published 1812:
http://books.google.com/books?id=T9scAAAAMAAJ
About Peter Collinson:
Not digitised, notes:
PETER and JAMES were the great grandsons of Peter Collinson, who lived on his paternal estate called Hugal-Hall or Height of Hugal, near Windemere Lake, in the parish of Stavely, about 10 miles from Kendal in Westmorland. PETER, whilst a youth, discovered his attachment to Natural History. ...
Peter Collinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on the 12th of December, 1728 ...
... elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries April 7, 1737; ...
Excepting some attacks of the gout, he enjoyed, in general, perfect health, and great equality of spirits, and had arrived at his 75th year; when, bine on a visit to Lord Petre, for whom he had a singular regard, he was seized with a total supression urine, which, baffling every attempt to relieve it, proved fatal on the 11th august, 1768 *.
The following letter, from Mr. Thomas Collinson +, a nephew of Peter Collinson, was soon after addressed to Dr. Ducrel.
Short family tree follows.
Peter Collinson born Han, 14th, 1693-4, died Aug. 11, 1768
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Mary, dau, of Michael Russell, esq of Millhill, d. March 28, 1753
Children:
1) Michael Collinson
died., Aug 11, 1795, aged 67
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Child: Charles-Streynsham Collinson, esq. High Sheriff of Suffolk 1801
2) Mary Collinson = John Cator, esq. of Beckenham, Kent, M.P. for Callington
+ [Thomas Collinson] Who died at Bath, of a paralytic stroke, under which he laboured for ten months, Aug. 22, 1803 in his 77th year ....
2)
In his youth, by passing much of his time with his uncle Peter, he formed an acquantance with many scientific characters of that period. ...
On being married to the daughter of Mr. Hinton Brown, he bacame a partner in the ban of Brown and Co.; the unexpected failure of which, closed his prospects of affluence for ever. He declined again entering business, preferring the independence of leisure, which enabled him to follow his favourite pursuits of science ...
", she and one child appearing to die before him
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Source - "A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus, and Other Naturalists: From ... " By James Edward Smith, Carl von Linné
Chapter: Biographical Memoirs OF PETER COLLINSON, F.R.S. & F.S.A. AND HIS LETTERS TO LINNEUS.
PETER COLLINSON, F. R. S. and F. S. A. one of
the earliest and most constant correspondents of
Linnaeus, was highly distinguished in the circle of
Naturalists and Antiquaries in London for nearly
half a century. He belonged to the Society of the
Quakers ; and his upright, benevolent, active character
did honour to his religious persuasion. His
family is said to have come from Westmoreland.
He was born Jan. 28, 1693-4, in a house opposite
to Church-alley, St. Clement's-lane, Lombard-
street, according to a manuscript memorandum of
his own, communicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq. V. P. L. S. ;
but he resided, for many years, at
the Red Lion in Gracechurch-street, as a wholesale
woollen-draper, where he acquired an ample fortune.
He married, in 1724, Mary the daughter of Michael
Russell, Esq. of Mill-hill, Hendon. This lady died
iQ 1753> leaving him two children — a son named
Michael ; and a daughter, Mary, married to the late
John Cator, Esq. of Beckenham, Kent. They are
said to have inherited much of the taste and amiable
character of their father.
Mr. Collinson appears to have occupied, in the
earlier part of his life, a country-house and garden at
Peckham in Surrey (where his brother had also a
garden); from whence he removed, in April 1749,
to Ridgeway-house at Mill-hill, and he was two
years in transplanting his collection. The English
gardens are indebted to him for the introduction of
many new and curious species, which he acquired
by means of an extensive correspondence, particularly
from North America. Among these was the
Collinsonia canadensis, so called by Linnaeus, who
has given a beautiful engraving of this plant in his
Hortus Cliffbrtiamis. It was first imported in
1735.
The following Letters of Mr. Collinson evince his
ardent and genuine love of nature, especially of the
vegetable tribes ; nor do they less display a character
of true piety, cheerfulness, and benevolence,
well suited to so virtuous and soothing a pursuit.
He enjoyed, throughout a long life, the communications
of most cultivators of science in general ; for
he interested himself about every new or useful discovery,
and was one of the first who attended to the (
then recent) wonders of electricity ; on which sub-
Individual Notes
Note for: Gaynor Rudyerd Williams, ABT 1865 - Index
Individual Note:
Original Source - 1881 England Census
Living with parents
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Source - FreeBMD
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1888
BURY Henry Kensington 1a265 <-- Matches 1891 Census
BYRON Elizabeth Kensington 1a265
SETON Henry James Kensington 1a265
WILLIAMS Gaynor Rudyerd Kensington 1a26
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Source - 1891 England Census
Parents living with her and her husband Henry Bury, see their notes.
Individual Notes
Note for: Gaynor Elizabeth Bury, ABT NOV 1890 - Index
Individual Note:
Original Source - 1891 England Census
Living with parents, see mother's notes
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Source - FreeBMD Births
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Dec 1890
Bury Gaynor Elizabeth Paddington 1a65
Individual Notes
Note for: Wynne William Rudyerd Williams, 3 AUG 1822 - Index
Individual Note:
Original Source - LDS IGI Individual Record
WYNNE WILLIAM RUDYERD WILLIAMS
Male
Event(s):
Birth: 03 AUG 1822
Christening: 29 NOV 1822 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England
Parents:
Father: ROBERT VAUGHAN WYNNE WILLIAMS
Mother: MARIANNE
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.