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Thomas Braidwood Wilson |
Family
Name: |
Wilson |
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Given
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Thomas Braidwood |
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DOB |
1792 approx.
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DOD |
11 November 1843 |
Place
of Birth: |
West Lothian, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
Braidwood, NSW |
Age
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School:
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University:
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Qualifications:
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MRCS 1813
LRCS 1817
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
Other
Occupations: |
Explorer |
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Spouse:
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Jane Thompson m.1826 Durham, England |
Children: |
Mary Braidwood Wilson 1827
James 1833 |
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Voyages:
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"Richmond" arr. Hobart Town 30 April 1822
"Richmond" dep. Sydney June 1822 (wrecked in Torres Strait)
"Prince Regent" arr. Sydney 15 July 1824
"Mangles" arr. Sydney 18 February 1826
"Governor Ready" arr. Hobart Town 31 July 1827
"Governor Ready" arr. Sydney 16 January 1829 (wrecked on return voyage)
"Governor Phillip" arr. Swan River 17 October 1829
"John" arr. Hobart 28 January 1831
"England" arr. Hobart 18 July 1832
"Moffatt" arr. Hobart 9 May 1834
"Strathfieldsay" arr. Sydney 15 June 1836
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Came
out as: |
Surgeon on convict ship |
Date
Settled Aus: |
1836
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Date
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First
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Off
Register: |
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Addresses:
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King George Sound, WA 1830
Braidwood Farm, NSW 1836 |
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Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN 1813
Surgeon RN 1815 |
Publications:
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Narrative of a Voyage round the World; comprehending an account of the wreck of the ship "Governor Ready" / by T. B. Wilson. London, 1835. Reprinted London, 1968 |
Notes:
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He was named after Dr. Thomas Braidwood, founder of a deaf and Dumb Institute and Orphanage in Scotland
He was baptised 29 April 1792 at Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland (John Horton from baptism record)
Land Grant 1822 VDL swapped to NSW 1826
Set up schools on the convict ships on which he served
His wife and daughter accompanied him on his 1833 voyage
Settled at Braidwood Farm in NSW with his family in 1836
An infant son and then his wife died there in 1838
Drought and economic depression caused his financial ruin 1843
Twice shipwrecked on convict voyages
Said to be brother of James Wilson RN (qv) (Bateson) but the two were not related (Horton) |
Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in September 2004 with information from Connee-Colleen,in March 2005 with information from Les Johnson, and in May 2014 with information from John Horton |
References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Navy List 1814 [T. B. Wilson Assistant Surgeon 19 April 1813]
Navy List 1820 [T. B. Wilson Surgeon 17 August 1815]
List of the Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, 1845 [Thomas Braidwood Wilson, Royal Navy, membership awarded 16 April 1813]
Historical Records of Australia
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Walton J. Ships surgeons on convict fleets. Copyright Publishing, 2013
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Wilson LC. Laird of Braidwood. Levendale, Tas, 2006
Wilson G. Murray of Yarralumla. Melbourne, 1968
Pearn J. Courage and curiosity. Australian and NZ Journal of Surgery 1992;62:219-34, 304-10
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Pearn J. Wilson Inlet and Denmark River Western Australia. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:145-9
Jeffs D. Contribution of some naval surgeons to our knowledge of early Western Australia. Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:139-43
Gurry D. Dr. Thomas Braidwood Wilson (1792-1843). Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia 1991;5:150-5
Ship news. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 28 June 1822 |
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