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Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’S Land Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’s Land Entries in bold are those known to be Police Magistrates, Assistant Police Magistrates or Visiting Magistrates. Entries in normal text are listed as Magistrates until 1847 then as Justices of the Peace. Initials Magistrate's/JP’s Name Police District Residence Period ?H Major Harold Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1847 AB Andrew Barclay Port Dalrymple Camden Vale 1824–1825 ABJ Algernon Burdett Jones Somerville, Westbury 1846 ABJ Algernon Burdett Jones Glenorchy Glenorchy 1847 AC Alexander Cheyne Launceston 1846 AC Alexander Cheyne Hobart 1847 AC Alexander Clerke Ravensworth, Norfolk 1846–1847 Plains ACE Arnold Charles Errington Port Arthur 1846 AD Arthur Davies 1846 AEW Augustus Hillier Eardley Wilmot New Norfolk New Norfolk 1847 AEW Augustus Eardley Wilmot Hobart 1848–1849 AFK Anthony Fenn Kemp Mount Vernon, Green 1846–1847 Ponds AG Arthur Gardiner Avoca 1838 AG Arthur Gardiner Launceston Launceston 1843, 1846 AG Arthur Gardiner Launceston Launceston 1847 AG Alfred Garrett Hobart 1846–1847 AM A Mackenzie Great Swanport 1834 AM Alexander McPherson Cluny, Bothwell 1846–1847 AM Afleck Moodie Hobart Hobart 1825–1827 AM Askin Morrison Hobart 1846–1847 AM A Mundy 1835 APM Assistant Police Magistrate AR A Reid 1830 AT Archibald Thomson Cormiston, West 1846 Tamar, Launceston AT Adam Turnbull Hobart 1846–1847 ATC Arthur Thomas Collett Ridgeside, Evandale 1846–1847 ATR Augustus Thomas Rice Hobart 1846 AW Abraham Walker Home Vale, Norfolk 1846–1847 Plains AWH AW Horne Norfolk Plains 1834 AWHH AWH Humphrey Hobart Hobart 1824–1827 BB Benjamin Bayley Hobart 1846 BB Benjamin Bayly Maria Island Maria Island 1847 BB Benjamin Berthon Woodlands, Cross 1846–1847 Marsh, Green Ponds BH Benjamin Horne Macquarie River 1825–1827 BH Benjamin Horne Chiswick, Ross 1846–1847 CA Charles Arthur Longford Norfolk Plains 1838, 1841– 1849 CAA Charles Augustus Arney Norfolk Island 1846 CBC Charles Brownlow Cumberland Launceston 1846 CBC Charles Browlow Cumberland Hobart 1847 CBH Charles Brown Hardwicke Mount Esk, Westbury 1846 CBH Charles Brown Hardwicke Northcote, near 1847 Launceston CC Charles Cameron Port Dalrymple Launceston 1824–1825 Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania) 22 May 2013 Page 1 Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’s Land Initials Magistrate's/JP’s Name Police District Residence Period CD Cornelius Driscoll Hobart Hobart 1838, 1846– 1847 CGC Cornelius Gavin Casey Hobart 1846–1847 CH Charles Headlam Egleston, Macquarie 1847 River CHM Charles Henry Marshall Woolnorth, Stanley, 1847 Circular Head CM Charles Meredith Port Sorell Port Sorell 1846–1848 COHB Charles O’Hara Booth QOS, New Town 1846–1847 COP Charles Octavius Parsons Richmond 1846 COP Charles Octavius Parsons Derwent Park, New 1847 Town CR Charles Reid Longford 1846–1847 CR Charles Robertson New Zealand 1846–1847 CR Charles Rowcroft River Clyde 1824–1825 CS Charles Schaw Bothwell 1834, 1838 CS Charles Schaw Richmond Richmond 1845–1849 CS Charles Schaw Westbury 1838 CS Charles Swanston New Town 1846–1847 CSH Charles Shum Henty Launceston 1846–1847 DAW D'Arcy Wentworth Launceston 1838 DB David Burn Port Phillip 1846 DE David Erskine Hobart 1846 DJ David Jamieson Glen Leith, New 1846 Norfolk DM Donald McCloud Port Dalrymple South Esk River 1825 DRF David Ribiero Furtado Sandy Bay, Hobart 1846 EA Edward Abbott Hobart Hobart 1824, 1826 EA Edward Abbott O’Brien’s Bridge, 1846–1847 Glenorchy EA Edward Abbott Clarence Plains 1849 EA Edward Archer Leamington/Levrington, 1846–1847 Lake River EB Edward Barclay New Zealand 1846 EB Edward Berthon Cross Marsh 1846 EB Edward Berthon Port Cygnet Port Cygnet 1847 EB Edward Bisdee Lovely Banks, Spring 1846–1847 Hill EB Edward Boyd 1846 EC Edward Curr Circular Head ECS Edward Carr Shaw Waterloo Point 1846–1847 ED Edward Dumaresq New Norfolk 1834 ED Edward Dumaresq Illawarra, Launceston 1846–1847 EDW Edward Davy Wedge Woodhall, Perth 1846–1847 EFB Edward Foord Bromley Hobart Hobart 1825 EH Edward Hill Port Arthur 1846 EH Edward Hill Port Arthur Port Arthur 1847 EI Edmund Isham 1846 EL Edward Lord Hobart Hobart 1824–1825 EM Edward Macdowell Hobart 1846–1847 EM Edward Moore Ross 1846–1847 ER Edward Rand Old Beach, Hobart 1846–1847 ESM Edward St Maur Hobart 1846–1847 Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania) 22 May 2013 Page 2 Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’s Land Initials Magistrate's/JP’s Name Police District Residence Period ESPB Edward Samuel Pickard Bedford Hobart 1846–1847 ET Edward Tobin Mount Portland, West 1846–1847 Tamar, Launceston EW Edward/Edwin Whiting Kelso, West Tamar, 1846–1847 Launceston EWW Edmund William Wilmore Kinlett, Norfolk Plains 1846–1847 FA Francis Aubin Swan Port, Waterloo 1846 Point FA Francis Aubin Waterloo Point 1847 FAD Frederick Arundel Downing Hobart 1846–1847 FB Francis Burgess Van Diemen’s Land Hobart 1845–1849 FCD Francis Crossman Doveton Vaucluse, Cleveland 1846–1847 FCS Frederick Coape Smith Hobart 1846–1847 FE Francis Evans Launceston 1847 FEC Frederick Edmund Chalmers Brighton/Bagdad 1846–1847 FET Frederick Evans Tuish Maria Island Maria Island 1847 FF Frederick Forth Campbell Town 1838 FGB Frederick George Brock New Norfolk 1846–1847 FGT Francis Gerard Tabart Eastern Marshes, 1846–1847 Oatlands FHAF Frederick Henry Alexander Forth Hobart 1846–1847 FHH Francis Hartwell Henslowe Campbell Town Campbell Town 1846–1849 FLS Frederick Lewis Stieglitz Killymoon, Break 1846–1847 O’Day Plains FM Frederick Mainwaring Hobart 1846 FMT Francis Moira Turnbull Landevra, Fingal 1846–1847 FNG Francis Nattle Grigg Stanley, Circular Head 1847 FR Frederick Roper Brighton 1834–1838 FS Francis Smith Campania, Coal River, 1846–1847 Richmond FS Frederick Synnot Hermitage, Bothwell 1846–1847 FWVS Francis Walter Von Stieglitz Lewis Hill, St Paul’s 1846–1847 Plains FYW Francis Young Wilmore Blackford Hill, West 1846–1847 Tamar GB George Bagot 1846 GB George Borrodaile 1846 GBF George Brook Forster Brighton Brighton 1845–1849 GBS George Briscoe Skardon Port Sorell 1846–1847 GDH George David Holcolmbe Hobart 1846 GFR George Frederick Read Hobart Hobart 1824–1825 GFR George Frederick Read New Norfolk 1826–1827 GH George Harrison Hobart 1846 GH George Harrison Bridgewater Bridgewater 1847 GH George Hull Tolosa, Glenorchy 1846–1847 GH George Hunt Hobart 1846 GHB George Henry Barnes Hobart 1846–1847 GJL George Johnston Lenan 1846 GK George King Bothwell Bothwell 1846–1849 GK George King Maria Island 1846 GM George Maclean Hobart 1846–1847 GPB George Palmer Ball Mountford, Norfolk 1846–1847 Plains Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania) 22 May 2013 Page 3 Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’s Land Initials Magistrate's/JP’s Name Police District Residence Period GR George Robson Port Sorell 1846–1847 GSD George Stephen Davies George Town 1845–1847 GT George Thomson River Plenty 1824–1827 GWG George Weston Gunning Coal River 1824–1827 GWTBB George William Thomas Blaney Hobart 1846–1847 Boyes GY George Yeoland 1846 HA Henry Arthur 1846 HA Henry Arthur Westbury Westbury 1847 HBT HB Torlesse Hamilton 1834 HC H Croly possibly Launceston 1833 HCC Hugh Calveley Cotton Woodcot, Longford 1846–1847 HCCS Henry Charles Capel Somerset Sydney 1846 HDA Henry D’Arch New Zealand 1846 HG Henry Graham Norfolk Island 1846–1847 HH Hezekiah Harrison Moreton Vale, 1846–1847 Campbell Town HH Henry Hopkins Hobart 1846–1847 HJ Henry Jeanneret Hobart 1846 HJ Henry Jeanneret Flinders Island Flinders Island 1847 HJ Henry Jellicoe Campbell Town 1823–1839 HJE Henry James Emmett Hobart Hobart 1824 HL Henry Lloyd New Norfolk 1847 HM Henry Miller Hobart 1846–1847 HR Henry Reed Launceston 1846–1847 HR Horace Rowcroft Woodstock, Norfolk 1846–1847 Plains HVM Herbert Vaughan Mundell New Zealand 1846–1847 HW Harvey Welman Launceston 1846–1847 JA John Abbott Hobart Hobart 1825, 1846 JA John Abbott Clarence Plains Clarence Plains 1847 JA James Aitkin Glen Esk, Cleveland 1846–1847 JA Joseph Archer Panshanger, Perth 1846–1847 JA John Atkinson Launceston 1846–1847 JAG James Alexander Gibson Highfield, Stanley, 1846–1847 Circular Head JAW JA Wheeler Port Sorell 1849 JAY James Arndell Youl Symonds’ Plains, Perth 1846–1847 JB John Beamont Hobart 1846–1847 JB John Bisdee Hutton Park, Jericho 1846–1847 JB Joseph Bonney Woodhall, Perth 1847 JB John Burnett Hobart 1846 JB John Butcher Coal River 1826–1827 JBT Jocelyn Bartholomew Thomas Everton, Patterson's 1846–1847 Plains/Evandale JC John Cameron Newnham, Launceston 1846–1847 JC John Cannan Norfolk Island 1846 JC John Cannan Emu Bay, Stanley, 1847 Circular Head JC J Clark George Town 1834 JC John Clark Cluny, Bothwell 1846–1847 JC John Coverdale Richmond 1846–1847 JC James Cox Port Dalrymple Gordon's Plains 1824–1827 Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania) 22 May 2013 Page 4 Magistrates & Justices of the Peace in Van Diemen’s Land Initials Magistrate's/JP’s Name Police District Residence Period JC James Cox Clarendon, Evandale 1846–1847 JC John Cox 1846–1847 JC James Crear Clynevale, Campbell 1846–1847 Town JC Joseph Curten Oyster Bay 1827 JCS James Cubbiston Sutherland Pennyroyal Creek 1826–1827 JCS James Cubbiston Sutherland Rothbury, Macquarie 1846–1847 River JCV James Conway Victor Hobart 1846–1847 JD James Davis Hobart 1846–1847 JD John Dunn Hobart 1846–1847 JDA John D'Arcy 1827 JDT James Denton Toosey Cressy, Norfolk Plains 1846–1847 JE J England possibly Launceston 1832 JE J Evans New Norfolk 1838 JF John Forster Hamilton 1842 JF John Forster Sorell & Prosser's Prosser’s Plains 1845–1849 Plains JF John Foster Hobart 1846–1847 JFC
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