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Thomas (2) Baynton
Family Name: Baynton  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Thomas (2)
DOB 19 October 1819
DOD 10 June 1904 
Place of Birth: Somerset, England
Place of Death: Ashfield, Sydney, NSW 
Age at Death:
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1841
LSA 1841
Speciality:  
Other Occupations: Pastoralist
Spouse: Margaret Mary Cameron b.1845 Merri Creek m.1862 Penola, SA d.1863
Barbara Jane (Janet Ainsleigh) Lawrence (see notes)
Children: Son born 1863
Voyages: "Strathfieldsaye" from London arr. Port Phillip 30 August 1841
Came out as: Surgeon superintendent 
Date Settled Aus: 1841
Date of Departure:  
First Registered: 1860 Vic
Off Register: 1876 
Addresses: Radstock, Somerset, England 1841 (LSA lists)
  • Victoria 1841 (shipping record)
  • Kyneton, Vic 1842 (MSV file)
  • Penola, SA 1861-1865 (Advertiser etc)
  • Nichol Bay, WA 1865-1866 (Erickson, Argus, Perth Gazette)
  • Penola SA 1867
  • Mortlake, Vic 1868-1869 (Medical Register)
  • Mount Gambier, SA 1869 (Border Watch)
  • Mount Jeffcott, near Donald, Vic 1870-1871 (Medical Register)
  • Vaughan, near Castlemaine, Vic 1872-1875 (Medical Register)
  • New South Wales
  • Positions Held: Medical Attendant Northern Districts, WA 1866
  • Surgeon to Denison Plains Company, WA 1866 (Argus)
  • Publications: The North-West of Australia. Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 8 June 1866
    Notes: Registered NSW 1860 (name removed 1884) and SA 1862
  • Son of Thomas Baynton (1) (qv) to whom he may have been apprenticed as a medical student (Came to Port Phillip website)
  • He evidently came out immediately after qualifying in 1841 with his siblings and his father (shipping record)
  • His whereabouts 1842-1859 approx. is unknown to AMPI
  • His second wife, Barabara Jane Baynton (1857-1929) was a writer (ADB)
  • They were married at St. Phillips Church, Sydney 5 March 1890 and again at the minister's residence, Arncliffe, NSW, 12 November 1895
  • Christine Frater would like to receive further information about this doctor for her family history. To contact her, please email the AMPI editor, who will forward your email to her
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated in February 2004 with information supplied by Reece Jennings of North Plympton, SA; in February 2008 with information from Christine Frater of Raglan, Qld; in March 2012 with information from David Fox
    References: Legally qualified medical practitioners. Victorian Government Gazette 16 January 1861 [Thomas Baynton listed]
  • Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register 1863 [Thomas Baynton, Penola, S. Australia, MRCS 1841 LSA 1841]
  • New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 3 April 1860 [registration of Thomas Baynton MRCS 3 May 1841 LSA 22 April 1841]
  • Apothecaries' Hall. London Medical Gazette 1841;28:240 [Thomas Baynton, Radstock]
  • Royal College of Surgeons. Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal 8 May 1841 [Thomas Baynton admitted to membership 3 May]
  • Jennings R. Annotated list of registered medical practitioners South Australia 1844-1918. Adelaide, 1994 [Thomas Baynton MRCS 1841 LSA 1841 registered 1 July 1862]
  • Statton J. Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885. Marden, SA, 1986
  • Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, WA, 1987-8
  • Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol 7 Melbourne University Press, 1979. See under Baynton, Barbara Jane
  • Came to Port Phillip in 1841 website [Thomas Baynton surgeon born 19 Oct 1819 LSA MRCS 1841 with his siblings and Baynton senior on "Strathfieldsaye"]
  • Shipping intelligence. Port Phillip Patriot 2 September 1841 [T. , J. and G. Baynton, Misses Baynton, E. and H. Baynton passengers on "Strathfieldsaye", Dr. Baynton surgeon superintendent]
  • Local court Penola. South Australian Advertiser 15 November 1861 [Dr T. Baynton testifies]
  • Marriage. Argus (Melbourne) 20 January 1863 [on 8th December at Penola, Thos. Baynton, surgeon, to Margaret M. Cameron]
  • Deaths. Argus (Melbourne) 6 November 1863 [at Penola, the wife of Dr. Baynton aged 18 years]
  • Dr. Baynton. Border Watch (Mount Gambier) 18 February 1865 leaving Penola for Denison Plains]
  • Nicol Bay. Argus (Melbourne) 8 May 1866 [Dr. Baynton, surgeon to the Denison Plains Company]
  • Dennis Plains Pastoral Company and Thomas Baynton Jnr. Perth Gazette 22 March 1867 [includes terms of his contract]
  • Mount Gambier Police Court. Border Watch (Mount Gambier) 13 January 1869 [evidence from Thomas Baynton, surgeon, Mount Gambier]
  • Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1904; 23: 361 [MRCS and LSA, died Ashfield 16 June 1904 eldest son of Thomas Baynton, squatter etc]
  • Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 13 June 1904 [on 10 June at Ashfield, Thomas Baynton MRCS, LSA, emigrated 1841, to Sydney 30 years ago]
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