William John Dumaresq (1793 - 1868)

Born 25 Feb 1793 in Penn, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Christiana Susan (Macleay) Dumaresq — married 16 Oct 1830 in Sydney, St James Church, NSW, Australia

Died 9 Nov 1868 at age 75 in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Census

1861 census for Chubbs Hotel, Old Town Street, St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon, England :

Wm Dumaresq : Head : Married : Age 63 : Late Of H.M. Army : Birth place Staffordshire, England

C S Dumaresq : Wife : Age 61 : Birth place London, Middlesex, England

Wm Alex Dumaresq : Son : Unmarried : Age 25 : B A ff Cambridge : Birth place Australia.

Alex M Dumaresq : Son : Unmarried : Age 24 : Capton In H.M. Army 63 Reg  : Birth place Australia.

Eliza Henrietta Dumaresq : Daughter : Unmarried : Age 19 : Birth place Australia.

Death

William died on 9 November 1868 in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia, aged 75.^[1] He is interred in the Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney ^[2].

Obituary

THE LATE CAPTAIN DUMARESQ. (Abridged from a memoir in the Herald of Wednesday.) ^[3] Amongst the obituary notices which have recently appeared, is one recording the death of a very old and much respected colonist, Mr. William John Dumaresq, of Tivoli, Rose Bay, and of St. Aubins, near Scone. His decease took place on the 9th November, 1868, at Cleveland, Moreton Bay, the residence of his son-in-law, the Hon. Louis Hope.

Captain Dumaresq was born on the 25th February, 1793, so that he had reached the ripe age of 76 years.

William John Dumaresq was the son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel John Dumaresq, and brother of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dumaresq, who died in this colony (New South Wales), in 1835.

Captain Dumaresq's sister, Elizabeth, was married to General Sir Ralph Darling, G.C.H., late Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New South Wales. Intelligence of her death was received by the last mail from England, and only just in time to be communicated to her brother.

Captain Dumaresq was married on the 15th October, 1830, to Christiana Susan MacLeay, second daughter of the late Alexander MacLeay, Esq., so well known and respected as the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales.

At Saint James's' Church, Sydney, on 15 October, 1830, William John Dumaresq, Esq. was married to Christiana Susan, second daughter of Alexander McLeay, Esq. Colonial Secretary, by the Venerable William Grant Broughton, M. A. Arch- deacon of New South Wales.^[4]

Children:

1. William Alexander Dumaresq, eldest son, M.A., of Cambridge and Barrister of the Inner Temple, becomes the representative of this branch of the family.
2. Alexander MacLeay Dumaresq, second son, entered the army in 1854, and served with distinction in the Eastern campaign of 1855, including the expedition to Kertob, the siege, assaults, and fall of Sebastopol, bombardment and capture of Kinburn, for which services he received a medal and clasp, and the Turkish medal. He attained the rank of captain in the 63rd Regiment, and died in November, 1866.
3. Susan Frances Sophia, eldest daughter, married in October, 1859, the Honorable Louis Hope, late Captain Coldstream Guards, and son of John, fourth Earl of Hopetoun.
4. Eliza Henrietta, youngest, died in 1865.

Mrs. Dumaresq, the wife of the subject of this memoir, died in May, 1868, so that her husband survived her only a few months.

Captain Dumaresq served in the first representative Legislative Council, as a member for the district of the Hunter, from 1843 to 1848, and was again returned in October, 1851, as member for the Counties of Philip, Brisbane, and Bligh, and continued to represent that electorate until the termination of the Parliament in December, 1855.

He was appointed to the first Legislative Council under the new constitution in 1856, but did not take his seat. In May, 1866, he was again offered a seat in the Legislative Council, but declined to accept it on account of his advanced age.

He was a director of the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary from its first establishment in 1845 till 1848 ; he was then appointed one of the vice-presidents, an office which he continued to hold until he resigned in July last (1868).

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Death registration: William John Dumaresq Death date:09/11/1868 Mother's name:Anne Jones Father/parent's name:John Dumaresq Registration details:1869/B/4799
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187964158/william_john-dumaresq: accessed April 28, 2024), memorial page for William John Dumaresq (25 Feb 1793–9 Nov 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #187964158, citing Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).
3. ↑ 1868 'THE LATE CAPTAIN DUMARESQ.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 21 November, p. 6, viewed 18 February, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18725800
4. ↑ 1830 'Family Notices.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 16 October, p. 3, viewed 18 February, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2196269

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7XY-GRG : 22 March 2020), William John Dumaresq, 1793.

See also:

• The Peerage.com (M, #431874)
  
• Dumaresq, William John (1793–1868) by Nancy Gray
  
• Wikidata: Item Q21539462
• Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "William Dumaresq"
  Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 April 2024)