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SAUNDERS, W. M.
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The Perth Gazette 19 July
1867........The Convict Ship Norwood, (arrived
Fremantle) Captain F. Bristow; Dr. Saunders, Staff Surgeon R.N.,
Surgeon Superintendent; Mr. W. Irwin, Religious Instructor;
arrived in Gage's Roads at 6.30pm on 13th July 1867, having on
board 253 convicts, a Pensioner guard of 30 men with 18 women
and 30 children, 4 warders and their families.
The Norwood had departed Portland on 18th April; encountered
heavy gales in the Channel with a succession of S.W. gales to
the Canaries. From thence light N.E. Trades; and passed the
Equator on the 26th May. The conduct of the prisoners on board
was generally very good and but few and slight punishment had
to be inflicted; only one death of a convict of debilitated
constitution and four births took place on the voyage.
William McKenzie Saunders is listed in the
Medical Register 1865. Qualifications Mem. Royal College
Surgeons, England 1840. M.D. University K. College Aberdeen
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SAVAGE, Arthur R.N. *22 July 1826 |
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Arthur Savage,
surgeon of the Racehorse, was
appointed to the
Winchester in 1832
He was employed as surgeon superintendent on the convict
ship John in 1833 (toVDL) and the Norfolk in 1835 (also
to VDL)
His next appointment was to the
Captain Cook
which departed Deptford on 7th June 1836 and arrived in Port
Jackson on 13 November 1836. He returned to England on the
Captain Cook, departing in April 1837.
The Hobart Town Crier reported on 6th December 1839
that
John Dobie had retired from the appointment of Health
Officer, which he had held for the last twelve months,
intending to turn his attention to agricultural and pastoral
pursuits. Upon his retirement a dinner was given to him by
his friends at the Club house, at which Captain King M.C.
presided. The Governor appointed Mr. Dobie a Magistrate
of the territory. Mr. Dobie had made three voyages to the
colony; two as Surgeon of convict ships and one in charge of
the immigrant ship Duncan which arrived in June
1838. He was one of the Surgeons sent home by Sir R. Bourke,
for the purpose of selecting and bringing out their own
immigrants. Mr. Arthur Savage, a Naval Surgeon, who came out
to the colony in July 1838 as Superintendent of the
immigrant ship Magistrate, (having previously made
three voyages as Surgeon of convict ships) was
appointed to succeed Mr. Dobie.
Arthur Savage was on the List of Surgeons remunerated for
services as Surgeon Superintendents. He was paid £200 for
his employment on the immigrant vessel
Magistrate
Arthur Savage held the position of Health Officer until his
death in July 1852. His death was reported in England in The
Standard in 1853......Surgeon Arthur Savage (1826) health officer at Port Jackson,
New South Wales, is dead. The appointment is in the gift of
the Colonial Office, and the salary is £300 a year, exclusive
of other allowances. (75).
It may by Arthur's widow Charlotte who is listed as lodging
in Portsea in the 1861 Census. Her occupation is given as
Fund holder and her place of birth Worthing Sussex.
In the 1871 Census she is head of the household, age 65 and
an annuitant. Her unmarried daughter, twenty eight year old
Mary who was born in Worthing resides with her, as do her
other daughters Ellen age twenty five and Alicia age twenty
two (both born in New South Wales). All give their
occupation as annuitants.
August 1871
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SCOTT, James R.N., *22 June 1803 |
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James Scott was born c. 1790 in Banffshire. He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the
convict ship
Castle Forbes
which arrived in Sydney on 27 January 1820.
He kept a Medical diary between 6 July 1819 and 3 March 1820.
He was appointed Colonial Surgeon in Hobart in 1820......
A Return of Medical and Surgical Diseases
treated at H.M. Colonial Hospital, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's
land for the Years 1821 to 1831 by James Scott, Colonial
Surgeon
Post Mortem of Antonio Francisco performed by Dr. Scott
in April 1830
He married Lucy Davey in 1821 - On Monday last
in the forenoon was married by special license, in St.
David's church, Hobart Town, by the Rev. Robert Knopwood,
M.A., James Scott Esq., Surgeon of His Majesty's royal Navy
and on the Colonial Establishment of this Settlement, to Miss
Lucy Margaretta Davey, only child of Thomas Davey, Esq.,
Lieutenant colonel of His Majesty's royal Marines, and
formerly Lieutenant governor of Van Diemen's Land. In the
absence of the bride's father, Miss Davey was given away by
His Excellency Governor Macquarie. - (HTG 30 June 1821)
James Scott died in 1837 - With the deepest
regret we announce the death this morning, after a long and
severe illness of Dr. James Scott, Surgeon royal Navy and
near twenty years principal Surgeon of this Colony. His
professional abilities was of the highest order, and in
private life he was warmly regarded by all who knew him. His
loss will be heavily felt. The unremitting attention paid to
him day and night, by his friend and pupil, Mr. Assistant
Surgeon Bedford was highly honourable to him. We shall give a
short memoir of this lamented gentleman a service in our
next. - Sydney Gazette 5 August 1837
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SEATON, Thomas
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Thomas Seaton was employed as surgeon on the Tasmania in 1844 |
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SHARPE, John Thomas
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John Thomas Sharpe was employed as surgeon on the
Barwell in 1798
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SINCLAIR, Andrew R.N., * 29 June 1829 |
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Samuel Sinclair was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on
the convict ships Asia in 1841 (VDL) and
Asiatic in 1843 (VDL)
The North American medical and surgical journal, Volume 1,
1826 - Hunt's Observations on consumption:
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SINCLAIR, Samuel R.N. *11 August 1804 |
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Samuel Sinclair was employed on the convict ship Mary to
Van Diemen's Land in 1831. He kept a Medical Journal from 28
April 1831 to 29 October 1831.
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SKEOCH, James R.N., *29 November
1823 |
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James Skeoch was appointed to the position of Assistant Surgeon on
11 August 1813 He was appointed assistant surgeon on the Eurydice in
1818 and the Severn in 1820 In 1820 he accompanied
Sir Edward Parry on a second voyage for the discovery of a
north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and is
mentioned several times in Parry's account of the voyage. 
He was promoted to the position of Surgeon in January 1824, and in
this year he was appointed surgeon to the Algernine (105)
In 1828 he was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the convict
ship Bengal Merchant which arrived in VDL 10 August 1828.
He returned to England on the Henry Wellesley departing
Sydney in March 1829.(76) |
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SLOAN, John
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John Sloan was appointed Surgeon to the Clio in
1840. He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the Tory
which departed Woolwich 22 March 1845 and arrived in Van Diemen's
Land 4 July 1845 |
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SMITH, Andrew *14 August 1796? |
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Andrew Smith was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the
General
Stewart in 1818. The General Stewart
departed Portsmouth on 19th July 1818, touched at St. Helena
where she stayed six days, and after a tedious passage of more
than 5 months she arrived in Sydney on New Years Eve - 31st
December 1818.
Andrew Smith
returned to England in April 1819 on the Shipley
with seven other naval surgeons(2)
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SMITH, Andrew R.N., *31 May 1830 |
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Andrew Smith was
employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the convict ship
John Renwick
in 1838
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SMITH, Charles |
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Charles Smith was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the
convict ship Tory to Van Diemen's Land in 1848. He
kept a Medical Journal from 22 April 1848 to 11 August 1848.
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the Duke of Cornwall
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SMITH, James
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James Smith was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the Moffatt
which departed Plymouth on 14 August 1842 and arrived in Van
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SMITH, John
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John Smith was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the
convict ships
Marquis of Huntley
in 1828,
Surry
in 1834, the
Moffatt in
1836 and the
Clyde
in 1838. The Clyde departed Dublin 11 May 1838 and arrived in
Port Jackson on 10 September 1838.
A (different) John Smith was on the List of Surgeons remunerated for services as
Surgeon Superintendents in 1838. He was paid £200 for his services on
the emigrant vessel
Maitland. The Maitland arrived on 6 November
1838. There was illness on board when the Maitland arrived and
she was placed in quarantine for 23 days. John Smith's Medical
Journal kept between the 21st June and 15 November 1838 can be
found on
Ancestry.
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SMITH, William
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SOMMERVILLE, Thomas
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St. Vincent 1853
(VDL) Thomas Somerville is listed in the
Medical Register 1865 - Residence Surgeon royal Navy H.M.S.
Cornwallis. Qualifications Lic Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh
1836 |
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SPROULE, Oliver R.N., * 16 September 1816 |
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On 26 July 1814 Oliver Sproule was appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the
Batavier
(or Batavia)
Hospital Ship.
He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 23 September
1816 and
was on the List of Medical Officers who served in
war..... he was Assistant-Surgeon of the Leander at Algiers (?1816)
He was appointed to the
Brisk in 1822 (104)
His first appointed as Surgeon Superintendent a convict
ship was to the Borneo in 1828. The Borneo departed
London 11 May 1828 and arrived in Van Diemen's Land 8 October 1828.
He was Surgeon Superintendent on the convict ships
Larkins
to N.S.W. The Larkins departed Cork on 16 August 1829 and arrived
in Port Jackson on 12 December 1829. He returned to England on the
Wanstead from V.D.L. in 1829.
He was Surgeon Superintendent on
the
Jane
which departed Cork 29 August 1831 and arrived in New South Wales on 5
November 1831
and
Lady Nugent
which departed Sheerness on 4 December 1835 and arrived in N.S.W. on 9
April 1835.
He was on the List of Surgeons remunerated for services as Surgeon
Superintendents. He was paid £170 for his employment on the immigrant
vessel
Strathfieldsaye which arrived from Limerick on 30th January
1838
He was on the List of Surgeons of the Royal Navy who were fit for
service in 1841, 1844 and 1852 and on the retired list in
1871
He was on the list of Naval Officers whose deaths had been officially
reported at the Admiralty during the quarter January-April 1871.
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STEPHENSON, John R.N., * 17 August 1815 |
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John Stephenson was appointed Surgeon on the Ontario in 1818
(Edinburgh Magazine)
John Stephenson was employed as Surgeon
Superintendent on the convict ships
Guildford
in 1829,
Eleanor
in 1831, the
Waterloo
in 1833, and the
Neva 1835.
He drowned on 13th May 1835 when the Neva was wrecked near
King Island......
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STEPHENSON, Robert
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Robert Stephenson was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on
the Anna Maria to Van Diemen's Land in 1848.
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STERET, Joseph R.N., * 10 March 1824
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Joseph Steret was appointed assistant-surgeon on 6 December
1813.
He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the Favourite in 1817
and to the Eurydice in
January 1819 (77)
He was promoted to the position of Surgeon in 1824. Others
promoted at the same time included
Thomas Brownrigg and
Andrew Douglas Wilson (110)
Four years later he was appointed to the Challenger.
The Standard reported that - Captain Fitzclarence, was paid off on
Tuesday, and recommissioned by Capt. Fremantle. She is
ordered to fit for foreign service. The appointments to her
are Lieutenants John Mowatt, John Henry and Henry Pakenham;
Mr. Bradshaw master; Mr. George Marsh purser; and Mr. Joseph
Steret, surgeon.(79)
His next employment was as Surgeon to the Ramilies
(80) and then to the Curacao in December 1831 (81)
Joseph Steret's first appointment as Surgeon Superintendent
to a convict ship was to the Camden in 1832. The
Camden
arrived in Port Jackson on 3 February 1833 with male
convicts.
In 1834 he was again employed as Surgeon Superintendent,
this time on the female convict ship, the Edward
which arrived in Hobart September 1834.
He was appointed to the Bardaster convict ship in
1835 (82). The Bardaster arrived in Hobart on 14 January 1836,
and then the Neptune convict ship which arrived in VDL on 18 January 1838.
He kept a Medical from 15 September 1837 to 31st January 1838
while on this voyage. (There was also a vessel Neptune which
arrived in New South Wales with convicts in 1838. The surgeon on
the Neptune to NSW was Patrick Martyn)
In the 1841 Census Joseph is age 40. Residing in the same
household at Croydon, Surry was Catherine Duff age 60
(independent); Elizabeth Duff age 25; Penelope Sterritt age
35 and Catherine Reid age 6.(83)
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STEWART, Alexander R.N., * 16 September 1816 |
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Alexander Stewart
was appointed to the position of Assistant Surgeon on 4 May
1813
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the convict ship
America
in 1829. The America departed Woolwich 8 April 1829 and
arrived in New South Wales on 18 August 1829.
His next
appointment as Surgeon Superintendent was to the Southworth
which departed Sheerness 26 June 1830 and arrived in Van
Diemen's Land 19 October 1830
The
Aurora
departed Portsmouth 4 July and arrived 3rd November 1833.
Alexander Stewart was on the List of Surgeons remunerated for
services as Surgeon Superintendents. He was paid £200 for his
employment on the immigrant vessel
Woodbridge which arrived in Sydney on 15th September 1838.
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the emigrant ship
Adam Lodge and a kept a medical journal on the voyage of the from 9 October 1839 to 18 February
1840
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STEWART, John Grant R.N., *11 September 1829 |
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In 1825 John Grant Stewart was promoted from hospital mate to
assistant-surgeon (Caledonia Mercury 7 July 1825)
He was appointed to the Peloris in 1834....... 
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the convict ship
Nautilus which arrived in Van Diemen's Land 29 August
1838 and the Egyptian which arrived in 23 August
1839. His last appointment to a convict ship was to the British Sovereign.
The British Sovereign arrived in Van Diemen's Land on 19 March
1841 (see
Australian Medical Pioneer Index) In October
1845, The Standard reported of a fatal fever on board the
vessel Eclair at Sheerness:
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The Chichester, 50 gun frigate,
has been appropriated by the Admiralty to receive the
remainder of the patients suffering from the fever on board
the Eclair steam sloop. This morning the
Chichester was towed by the African to Standgate
Creek, and the sick removed from the ill fated vessel.
Dr. John Grant Stewart (1829) on half pay, having
volunteered to attend the sick, was put on board yesterday.
The surgeon of the Ocean Mr. R. Sterritt, went
alongside the Eclair yesterday, to inquire into the
condition of the sufferers. The the honour
and humanity of the medical officers of the royal Navy,
upwards of 20 have volunteered their services on board the
unfortunate Eclair. (The Standard 10 October
1845) |
In October 1845 John Stewart was promoted:
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The Examiner 25 October 1845: - Dr. John
Grant Stewart, Surgeon R.N., who so nobly volunteered his
services on board the ill fated Eclair, has been promoted to
the rank of Deputy Inspector of Hospitals; and Dr. William
Rogers, Additional Assistant Surgeon of the Ocean, now
convalescent from fever contracted on board the Eclair, to
the rank of Surgeon in the Navy. |
In July 1847 - Deputy Inspector Dr. John Grant
Stewart, who was promoted for his nobly volunteering and assisting
the remnant of the fever stricken crew of the Eclair, has been
appointed to the Vindictive, 59, flag ship, in the West
Indies, as deputy inspector of fleets and hospitals on that
station, vice King, deceased. (The Standard 28 July 1847)
John Grant Stewart can be found in the 1851 Census. He is 45 and
resides in Lewisham, Kent with his wife Ellen age 35 and their
infant son John age 2. John gives his birth place as Inverness,
Scotland. Lydia Fossett age 24 is a visitor and the family employs
two servants, Amelia Courtis a cook and Alexandrina Mcdonald a
nurse. Birth - At Greenwich Hospital, on the 8th
inst. the wife of Dr. John Grant Stewart of a daughter.
(Caledonian Mercury 11 September 1856)........British
Medical Journal 1858 - On March 31st, at Greenwich
Hospital, aged 18. months, Jessie, youngest child of John Grant
Stewart,, M.D., Deputy Inspector of Naval Hospitals.
In 1859 at the Comitia Majora held on
Friday 30 September John Grant Stewart, extra licentiate of the
Royal College of Physicians, was admitted a member under the
temporary bylaws. (The Morning Chronicle 3 October 1859). In
November 1859 it was announced that John Grant Stewart M.D. Deputy
Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, was to be appointed
Honorary Surgeon to her Majesty the Queen. John
Grant Stewart is listed in the
Medical Register 1865 - Qualifications Extra Lic. 1840,
Mem 1859, Royal college Physicians London. At a
Levee at St. James Palace in 1860 he was presented to the Queen by
the Duke of Somerset (The Morning Post 24 February 1860) and in
1869 on the occasion of Her Majesty's birthday was appointed the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath. He died in
1869. His Obituary appeared in the Evening Mail in December
1869: The death is announced of Dr. John Grant
Stewart, C.B., Late Director General of the Medical Department of
the Navy. Dr. Stewart entered the navy as assistant surgeon, and
obtained the rank of surgeon in 1840. He was specially promoted to
be deputy inspector in 1845 for having volunteered hi services to
go on board and take charge of the infected patients in the Eclair,.
In June 1861, he was made an Inspector General of Hospitals and
Fleets, and for a short period was Director General of the Medical
Department of the Navy from which department he had to retired
through ill health. He was granted a good service pension in April
last. From the Lancet - We regret to
learn the death, on the 17th inst. at Ivy Bridge, Devon, of Dr.
John Grant Stewart, C.B. Inspector General of Hospitals and
Fleets. Our readers will remember the hard treatment Dr. Stewart
received in his forced retirement from the Plymouth Naval
Hospital, and we regret that he has survived so short a time to
enjoy the good service pension given him as a placebo. Dr. Stewart
had seen much service, and his intrepid and self sacrificing
conduct in connextion with the Eclair, fever ship will not be
readily forgotten. He became Inspector General in 1861.
By the deaths of Drs. Bryson and Stewart, an honorary
physicianship and an honorary surgeoncy to the Queen become
vacant, in addition to the honorary surgeoncy vacated some months
back by the death of Dr. Folds, R.N. The Director-General will
have no difficulty in selecting names for submission to her
Majesty as worthy of honour as those we have mentioned ; and those
highly prized honours should not be allowed to remain long
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STEWART, William R.N., *20 April
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William Stewart was employed as surgeon on the
Convict Ship
Glory in 1818
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SUTHER, Peter J., R.N., 21 September 1805 |
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Peter Suther was born in Scotland c. 1785.
On the 6th day of July 1814, the Marischal College of Aberdeen
conferred the degree of M.D. on Peter Suther, surgeon,
Royal Navy. (69)
 He
was awarded a service medal for service as assistant surgeon
during the naval actions on
the Swiftsure at Trafalgar and on the Eurydice at Martinique(53)
He was employed as surgeon superintendent
on the convict ship Mangles which departed London on 21st
April 1835 and arrived in VDL on 1 August 1835.
In 1838 it was announced that Peter
Suther of the Victory, was to succeed Mr. Crocket as
Assistant-surgeon of Portsmouth yard - (70)
In the 1841 Census Peter Suther and his family, wife
Sarah, daughter Mary Ann age 11, Sarah age 9, Henry age 5, Anna
age 4 and Cuthbert age 2 reside at George Street, Woolwich
Dockyard. A male servant Martin Melville and 20
and two female servants also live with them..
In 1841 Peter
Suther surgeon of the William and Mary yacht, was appointed
surgeon of the Woolwich dockyard - (72).
He was called on to testify at the inquest into the death of the
chief engineer at the dockyard in September 1842 and gave
assurances that cholera had not appeared at the dock yard despite
rumours. (71)
Peter and his wife Sarah can be found in the 1851 Census.
Peter is 66 and Sarah 46. Their children give an insight into
their different abodes. Mary was born c. 1829 at Halifax, Sarah
Jane in 1831 at Bow, London. Anna was born in 1848 at Portsmouth
and their son Cuthbert was born c. 1846 in Portsmouth. They also
have two unmarried nieces residing with them Miriam Melville age
38 and Kate Allison age 23
Peter Suther was a member of the receiving
party at Chatham Dockyard when the Lords of Admiralty inspected
the dock yard in August 1853 (73)
In July 1855 Peter Suther, James Henderson, Thomas E. Jones
James McTernan and James Wilson were promoted to be deputy
inspectors of hospitals and placed on the retired list. - (74)
In the 1861 Census the family reside at No. 4 Windsor Terrace
Portsea with their unmarried daughters Sarah Jane and Anna and a
male servant; Peter gives his occupation as Physician, and
Deputy Inspector of hospitals RN retired.
 ....United
Service Magazine 1864.
In the 1871 Census Peter's name is given as Patrick. The
family resides at Dunkeld Villa, Nelson Rd. Portsea. Sarah Jane
still resides with them as does a granddaughter Maud Johnston age
5, and a servant.
On 11 April 1877, The Will of Peter Suther late of Southsea
in the Parish of Portsea M.D. and Inspector General of Hospitals
and Fleets who died 21 March 1877 was proved at Winchester by
Sarah Jane Suther of Southsea, spinster, his daughter. His effects
were valued at under £600.
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SYME, James
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James Syme was on the List of Surgeons of the Royal Navy fit for
service in 1841. He was appointed to the Southampton.
He was appointed Surgeon to the Crescent in 1842 (Edinburgh
Magazine) He
was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the Gilmore
in 1843 (VDL) |
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SYME, John
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