Bourn Russell
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Bourn Russell (1794 - 1880)

Captain Bourn Russell
Born in Rye, Sussex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 20 Mar 1816 in Sunderland, Durham, Englandmap
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Died at age 86 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), Friday 27 August 1830. [1] On Friday last, from London direct, having left the Downs on the 27th April, the ship Lady Rowena, Captain Russell, with a general cargo of merchandise. Passengers, Mrs. Barker and four children, Mrs. Jones and one child, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs. Hooten, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Davis and three children, John Standish, and George White.

On 25 March 1856 Bourn was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, NSW Parliament for Northumberland Boroughs, but on 5 August was disqualified following a challenge by his opposition candidate. He was appointed a Member of the Legislative Council on 15 August 1858. Source:- Per Chris Wynn email to Geoffrey Matthews.

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Monday 5 July 1880. [2] Death of the Hon. Bourn Russell. It is with regret that we record the death of the Honorable Bourn Russell, M.L.C. The melancholy event occurred on Sunday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Raymond, No. 2, Perth-terrace. The deceased gentleman was a very old resident of New South Wales, and has held a seat in the Legislative Council during a long period. He was the father of Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer. The intelligence of his death, though he had achieved the ripe age of 85 years, will be recived with deep regret by a large circle of friends, whom he had been enabled to gather around him in the course of his long and useful life.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 6 July 1880. [3] THE LATE HON. BOURN RUSSELL, M.L.C. The hon. Bourn Russell, who has just passed from amongst us, at the ripe age of 85, was born at Rye, in the South of England, on 1st December, 1794. In early life he received a good education, but while very young, his father, Bourn Russell, was killed at sea, while in command of a sailing vessel. His grand-father was also killed at sea, while in command of a vessel, carrying despatches at the siege of Gibraltar. Coming of such a stock, it is not surprising that Mr. Russell early resolved to follow a seafaring life, and by the time he was 21 years of age he was in command of a vessel. Soon afterwards he became captain of a vessel trading to China and the South Seas. Of this vessel he was tempted to become part owner ; and for this purpose sold the family property, which had come to him as the only son. While amongst the islands of the Pacific he made several surveys of (then) little known places, and published a map in Sydney which was much used at the time. When he was about 30 years of age he was induced, like many energetic men of the time, to engage in whale-fishing, and made several voyages from Sydney for that purpose. In these he made a considerable sum of money, and determined to settle in this colony, which he had first visited in 1826. His family, consisting of Mrs. Russell, three sons, and two daughters, came to the colony in 1834. Mr. Russell, the astronomer, and one other son were born after the family settled at Maitland in 1835. In Maitland Mr. Russell began a general business and rapidly accumulated money and some station property; but in 1842, during the great crisis in this colony, his name was found on so much of the paper of a Sydney firm, that all he had acquired was lost. Thrown thus on his own energy, he made a start again, and succeeded in making a moderate competency. Throughout his residence in Maitland, he was identified with every movement having the welfare of the district in view, and for many years sat upon the bench there. From the first general election in 1843, he always took an active part in politics. About 1856 he contested the Maitland electorate with Mr. (now the Honorable) E. C. Weekes, but was not successful. Soon after, however, he was nominated to a seat in the Upper House, and has always taken an active part in its deliberations. This session he has several times attended, but finding the infirmities of age creeping upon him, he obtained leave of absence. Although getting gradually weaker, there were no symptoms to indicate that his end was near until Saturday morning. Even then he rallied again, and his medical attendant thought him decidedly better in the afternoon, and the danger seemed past. About 11 p.m., however, the unfavourable symptoms returned. Yet he was still able to walk about his room and converse with his daughter, and, getting some relief from the pain, laid himself down to sleep, asking at a quarter past 12 what time it was. He then seemed to go to sleep, and quietly breathed his last at half-past 12.

Notices

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Monday 5 July 1880. [4] THE FUNERAL of the late Hon. BOURN RUSSELL will move from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Raymond, No. 2, Perth-terrace, William-street, Woolloomooloo, on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 6th instant, at quarter before 2 o'clock, to Rookwood Cemetery. THOMAS, Undertaker, 111, York-street.

Sources

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36865319
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108735834
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13463420
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13463354




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