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Thomas Braidwood Wilson
Family Name: Wilson  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Thomas Braidwood
DOB 1792 approx.
DOD 11 November 1843 
Place of Birth: West Lothian, Scotland
Place of Death: Braidwood, NSW 
Age at Death:
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1813
LRCS 1817
Speciality: Naval surgeon 
Other Occupations: Explorer
Spouse: Jane Thompson m.1826 Durham, England
Children: Mary Braidwood Wilson 1827
James 1833
Voyages: "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
  • Came out as: Surgeon on convict ship 
    Date Settled Aus: 1836
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered:
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: King George Sound, WA 1830
  • Braidwood Farm, NSW 1836
  • Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon RN 1813
  • Surgeon RN 1815
  • Publications: 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: 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: 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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