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| Henry Grattan Douglass |
| Family
Name: |
Douglass |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Henry Grattan |
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| DOB |
1790
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DOD |
1 December 1865 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland
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Place
of Death: |
Sydney, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS England 1815
LKQCPI 1819
MD Dublin 1819
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Speciality:
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Military Surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Magistrate
Public Servant
Parliamentarian |
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| Spouse:
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Hester Murphy m.1812 Dublin, Ireland |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Speke" from England arr. Sydney 18 May 1821
"Ocean" dep. Sydney for England 25 February 1824
"Lalla Rookh" from Liverpool arr. Sydney 2 July 1825
"Albion" dep. Sydney for London 23 May 1828
"Earl Grey" from London arr. Sydney 6 October 1848
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| Came
out as: |
Passenger |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1821
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1848 NSW No.297
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1821 (shipping record etc)
Parramatta, NSW 1821-1824 (ADB)
England 1824-1825 (ADB)
Sydney 1825-1828 (ADB)
England 1829-1835 approx. (ADB)
Le Havre, France 1835-1847 approx. (ADB)
Sydney, NSW 1848 (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Hospital Mate, Army 1809 (Johnston)
Assistant Surgeon 18th Foot 1811 (Johnston)
Medical superintendent, Fever Hospital, Cahir, Ireland 1812 approx. (ADB)
Assistant Colonial Surgeon, NSW 1821-1824
Assistant Surgeon 12th foot 1825 (Johnston)
Honorary Physician, Sydney Hospital 1849-1854 (Watson)
Member, Medical Board of NSW 1849 (Board Minutes 8th January)
MLC NSW 1851-1856, 1856-1861 (NSW Parliamwent website)
For other positions see ADB |
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| Notes:
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His father was an apothecary in Dublin (ADB)
Absent without leave from the army 1821 (ADB) recalled for service 1825, but again absent without leave on going to Australia (ADB, Johnston) |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Johnston W. Roll of commissioned officers in the Medical Service of the British army....[1727-1898]. Aberdeen, 1917
Historical Records of Australia
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 8 December 1848 [Henry Grattan Douglass Esq MD of Sydney MRCS 1815 MD TC 1819 LKQCPI 1819]
Medical Directory for New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney, 1860
Belcher TW. Records of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland. Dublin 1866. Digital edition online 2019 [Licentiate 22 July 1819 address Sydney NSW]
Young J.A et al (eds) Centenary book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine. Sydney, 1984
Donohoe JH. Paracensus of Australia 1788-1828. 4th ed. Sydney, 2004
Watson JF. History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911. Sydney, 1911
Bible Society. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 18 August 1821
Passengers by the Speke. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 19 May 1821 [Mr H G Douglass Assistant Surgeon on the Medical establishment of the colony with lady and family]
Government and general orders. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 28 July 1821 [Henry Grattan Douglass Esq MD Assistant Surgeon to assume medical duties at Parramatta]
Government and general orders. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 19 February 1824
Ship news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 26 February 1824 [Henry Grattan Douglass Esq on "Ocean" for England]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 7 July 1825 [H G Douglass Esq on "Lalla Rookh" from Liverpool]
Shipping intelligence. Monitor (Sydney) 24 May 1828 [Dr. Douglass and lady on "Albion" for London]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 7 October 1848 [Dr Douglass Surgeon Superintendent Mrs Douglass and Miss Douglass on "Early Grey"] |
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