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Sir Frederick Palgrave BARLEE K.C.M.G

Frederick Palgrave BARLEE

- 7th Aug 18846,7

Life History

6th Feb 1827

Baptised in Worlingworth, St Mary.1,2,3,4

Father - Edward Barlee
Mother - Justina
Father's occupation - Rector of this parish

From the Australian Dictionary of Biography :-
Seventh of the ten children of Rev. Edward Barlee Buckle and his wife Justina daughter of Zachariah Levy a Jewish merchant of Walthamstow who had married into the gentile family of Laurence. His father was Rector for 38 years and magistrate for 20. He and his brother had legally assumed the name Barlee in 1811 in compliance with the will of a half-sister the last lineal descendant of the Barlee and Palgrave families.


From the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society :-
"third son"

11th Mar 1851

Licence obtained for marriage to Jane OSELAND.9

Groom - Frederick Palgrave Oseland, singleman of Worlingworth
Bride - Jane Oseland, singlewoman of Framlingham
To be married at Framlingham

2nd Apr 1851

Married Jane OSELAND in Plomesgate, Framlingham.10,11,12,13,14,15

From the Ipswich Journal :-
"2nd inst., at Framlingham, by the Rev. Edmund Smyth, vicar of North Elkington, Lincolnshire, Frederick Palgave Barlee, Esq., of her Majesty's Ordnance, third son of the Rev. Edmund Barlee, Rector of Worlingworth, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Edward Oseland, Esq., of Coleraine, Ireland"

From the London Daily News :-
"April 2, at Framlington, Suffolk, by the Rev. E.Smyth, Vicar of North Elkington, Lincolnshire, F. P. Barlee, Esq., of H.M.'s Ordnance, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late E. Oseland Esq., of Coleraine, Ireland"

From the Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette :-
"At Framlingham, Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Esq., of her Majesty's Ordnance, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Edward Oseland, Esq., of Coleraine, Ireland."

From the Times :-
"On the 2d inst., at Framlington, Suffolk, by the Rev. Edmund Smyth, vicar of North Elkington, Lincolnshire, Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Esq., of Her Majesty's Ordnance, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Edward Oseland, Esq., of Coleraine, Ireland"

24th May 1883

Knighted.5

Colonial Secretary Western Australia 1855-77;
Lieutenant Governor British Honduras 1877-1883
Award - KCMG

7th Aug 1884

Died in Trinidad & Tobago.6,7

From the Preston Chronicle :-
"Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, K.C.M.G., who only left England on June 2 to administer the government of Trinidad during the illness of the Governor, died on Friday morning at Trinidad"

after 7th Aug 1884

Buried in Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain (Governor's Cemetery).8

Oct 1884

Obituary.4

From the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society :-
"The very sudden death of this gentleman, on August 7th last, at St. Ann's, Trinidad, where he had gone to administer the Government of the island during the illness of Sir Sanford Freeling, has deprived the Royal Geographical Society of a Fellow of many years' standing (he was elected so long ago as 1862) who in his different official capacities had not only the best interests of geographical enterprise at heart, but never neglected to interest our members. He was born on February 6, 1827, being the third son of Rev. Edward Barlee, M.A., Rector of Worlingworth-cum-Southolt in the county of Suffolk. After serving from 1844 to 1855 in the Ordinance Department, during nearly four years of which period he was Barrack-master and Storekeeper at Sierra Leone, he was appointed Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and a Member of he Executive and Legislative Councils, remaining in the colony for 21 years, having resigned his seat in Council in November 1875. During this time he took an active part in the encouragement of Australian exploration, especially in Mr. John Forrest's expeditions; and his name has obtained a permanent place in geography, from that traveller having given it to the great lake Barlee, situated about 29' S. lat. and 119'-120' E. long., which he discovered on his first journey in 1869, when endeavouring to find the remains of Leichhardt's party (Proc. R.G.S., xiv. 1870, p. 192). In 1877, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras (being then made C.M.G.), where he again at once had an opportunity of extending official support in aid of Mr. H. Fowler's interesting journey across the unexplored portion of that Colony, and in publishing its results (see Proc. R.G.S. 1880, p.129). His attention here was mainly devoted to opening up a fruit trade between British Honduras and the West Indian Islands, and in other was developing a somewhat neglected colony, which at the time of his appointment subject to danger from the Ycaiche and Santa Cruz Indians, whom his firmness subdued and conciliated; but he nevertheless found time to encourage and assist the explorations of Dr. Le Ploneon in Yucatan, which are adding so materially to our knowledge of the architectural remains and habits of its ancient inhabitants. In 1883 (when he received the dignity of K.C.M.G.) he resigned his appointment and returned to England, suffering considerably from asthma; but he leaves no family."as soon prepared for further work, leaving on June 2nd last for Trinidad, where he died. Short as his stay was in the island, he had already won the good opinion of its inhabitant, as is testified by the regretful notices in the local press after his death. He was married in 1855 to Jane, daughter of Edward John Oseland, Esq.,

25th Feb 1885

Probate in Principal Registry.6

Of the will of Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee K.C.M.G. late of 10 Horbury-crescent Notting Hill
Executors :-
Dame Jane Barlee of Herbert Villa, St John's Wood-road Bournemouth, Widow the Relict
William Gilmour Cuthbertson of 54 Broad-street City of London, Esquire
Personal Estate - GBP 889 12s. 11d.

Notes

  • For more information see :-

    Australian Dictionary of Biography

    HONNIBALL, J H M
    Barlee, Sir Frederick Palgrave (1827-1884)
    Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol 3, (MUP), 1969
    http://adb.edu.au/biography/barlee-sir-frederick-palgrave-2937
    Accessed 16/3/20163

Sources

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