Charles Hippuff Clifton (1827 - 1890)

Born 29 May 1827 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Elizabeth (Glynn) Clifton — married 21 Oct 1851 in Australind, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1890 at age 63 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Parkfield, 1841

Biography

Charles came to Western Australia with his parents on the Parkfield, arriving on 19 March 1841.^[1]

Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), Friday 31 October 1851, page 2
At Australind, on the 21st Inst., by the Rev. Mathew Fletcher, A.M., GEORGE SMITH, ESQ., second son of Charles Henry Smith, Esq., late Storekeeper of Malta Dockyard, to RACHEL CATHARINE, fifth daughter of M. Waller Clifton, Esq., F.R.S., M.C.

At the same place and time, also by the Rev. Mathew Fletcher, (the ceremony having been previously solemnized at Belvedere, according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church, by the Rev. T. Donovan, R.C.C..) CHARLES HIPPUFF CLIFTON, ESQ., seventh surviving son of M. Waller Clifton, Esq., to MARIA GLYNN, the adopted daughter of Thomas Little, Esq., J.P., of Belvedere.^[2]

Charles was a civil servant in 1851, was with the Native Police in Bunbury and in 1853 was Postmaster. He was Superintendent of the Convict Establishment at Guildford 1853-1872 and Perth Prison from 1873. In 1885 he was the Perth Registrar General.^[1]

Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), Monday 23 June 1890, page 3
CLIFTON.— At his residence, Mackie-street, Perth, on the 21st June, CHARLES HIPPUFF CLIFTON, J.P. Aged 63 years.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3172824
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76931643

• LDS birth/baptism record for Charles Hippuff Clifton