Francis Mowatt 1803 - 1891
Francis Mowatt , Of the customs dept., Sydney, Australia (1831). Sometime MP for Falmouth and Cambridge. 1881 census recorded as "capitalist". M.P. of Brentford, Essex, England. "Government House, Canberra, in its origins and architecture, is quite unlike Government Houses of the State capitals. Most State Government Houses were built in Queen Victoria's reign as residences for her vice-regal representatives, whereas Yarralumla's history is as old as any, but very different in kind. Its first 80 years were wholly pastoral, and of its earliest owners no trace remains except the choice of the site and name, a deodar tree and a sketch, but their names are woven into the history of the Limestone Plains. The first grant of 2560 acres to Henry Donnison in 1828 was sold by him in 1831 to Francis Mowatt of the Customs Department, Sydney. Mowatt built a long stone house on the site with French windows opening on to wide verandahs. It was described as a hunting lodge, for Mowatt brought out from England a pack of foxhounds with which he hunted kangaroos and dingoes at Yarralumla." ------------ Is this his father? James Ryder Mowatt, who was Barrack Master at Romford Barracks for a few years until his death in January 1823.
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| Born: Eastbourne, Sussex, , England 1803 | Baptised:
| | Died: London, , , England 12th Feb 1891 | Buried:
| | Family: Mowatt |
Sources
Census
- 1841 census (head of household - 35 Devonshire Place, London, , , England)
- 1851 census (head of household - Devonshire Place, London, , , England)
- 1881 census (head of household - 3 Warwick Square, London, , , England)
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Timeline
| 1803 | Born (birth) Eastbourne, Sussex, England | | 18th Dec 1828 | MARL/ROLE FIANCE | | 27th Dec 1828 | Married Sarah Sophia Barnes
(Mowatt ) 1805 - 1885 (marriage) London, England | | 1841 | Head of household in 1841 census (census) London, England | | 31st Mar 1851 | Head of household in 1851 census (census) London, England | | 3rd Apr 1881 | Head of household in 1881 census (census) London, England | | 12th Feb 1891 | Died (death) London, England | | 1891 | Made a will (will) |
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