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| Charles (1) Knight |
| Family
Name: |
Knight |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Charles (1) |
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| DOB |
1808
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DOD |
3 September 1891 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Rye, Sussex, England
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Place
of Death: |
Wellington, NZ |
| Age
at Death: |
83
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1840
FRCS 1869
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Public Servant
Botanist |
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| Spouse:
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Caroline Syres m.1844 Adelaide, SA |
| Children: |
Two sons, three daughters (Te Ara) |
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| Voyages:
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"Lord Glenelg" arr. South Australia 10 May 1841
"Elphinstone" from Adelaide arr. NZ 14 November 1845
"Terror" from Auckland arr. Sydney 6 November 1846
"Emma" dep. Sydney for Adelaide 11 November 1846
"Emma" from Adelaide arr. Sydney 27 December 1846
"Thomas Lord" dep. Sydney for Auckland 4 January 1847
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1841
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1845 SA No.14
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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England to 1830 (Te Ara)
USA 1830-1840 (Te Ara)
England 1840-1841 (Te Ara)
South Australia 1841 (shipping record)
New Zealand 1845 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Clerk in Governor's Office, SA 1841 (Cleland)
Auditor-General, New Zealand 1845-1870 (Cleland) |
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| Notes:
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He accompanied Governor Grey to NZ in 1845 (Wright St. Clair, Cleland) |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in December 2004 with information supplied by Reece Jennings of Adelaide SA |
| References: |
Jennings R. Annotated list of registered medical practitioners South Australia 1844-1918. Adelaide, 1994 [registered 1845 MRCSE 1840]
Cleland JB. First fifty-two names in the medical register of South Australia. Medical Journal Australia 1938;ii:732-8
Statton J. Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885. Marden, SA, 1986
Power D. Plarr's lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Bristol, 1930
Wright-St.Clair RE. Historia nunc vivat: medical practitioners in New Zealand 1830 to 1940. Digital edition. Christchurch, 2013
Te Ara: encyclopaedia of New Zealand [website] 2015 [baptised Rye 1808, medical practice USA 1830-1840, MRCSE 1840, "Lord Glenelg" to SA 1841]
Rutherford J. Sir George Grey. Cassell 1961
Shipping report. Southern Australian 14 May 1841 [His Excellency Captain Grey on "Lord Glenelg" from London]
New Zealand. Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston) 20 December 1845 [Dr. Knight and family on "Elphinstone" from Adelaide with Governor Grey]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 7 and 12 November 1846 [Dr. Knight]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 28 December 1846 [Dr. Knight, Mrs. Knight and two children]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 5 January 1847 [Dr. Knight, Mrs. Knight and two children] |
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