William Balcombe
William Balcombe | |
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| Born | 28 December 1777 Rottingdean,Sussex, England |
| Died | 19 March 1829(aged 51) Sydney,New South Wales,Australia |
| Buried | Devonshire Street Cemetery,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom
 Colony of New South Wales |
| Service/ | Colonial Service |
William Balcombe(28 December 1777 – 19 March 1829) was anEast India Companyand colonial administrator. He came to fame as the father of a daughter (Betsy Balcombe) who befriended Napoleon Bonaparte[1]whilst the Balcombe family were living onSaint Helena.[2][3]The exiled Bonaparte had lodged with the Balcombes (atthe Briars) whilst his permanent quarters atLongwoodwere being prepared.
William Balcombe spent some time in theColony of New South Walesappointed as thefirst treasurer,[4][5]arriving on 5 April 1824 with his family and servants aboard theHibernia.[6]He died there in 1829 (aged 51) and was buried in Sydney.[7][8]
Gallery
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Napoleon Bonaparte spent his first two months of exile living in the Pavilion, on the Balcombe Briars Estate on St Helena. -
The painted silk flag with the 1806 emblem of the New South Wales colony -
A modern rendition of the flag
References
[edit]- ^"The Children of Longwood".www.napoleon-series.org.Retrieved21 June2017.
- ^Thomson, Kathleen."Balcombe, Alexander Beatson (1811–1877)".Australian Dictionary of Biography.Canberra: National Centre of Biography,Australian National University.ISBN978-0-522-84459-7.ISSN1833-7538.OCLC70677943.Retrieved21 June2017.
- ^"BBC – Radio 4 – Betsy and Napoleon".www.bbc.co.uk.BBC.Retrieved21 June2017.
- ^New South Wales, Australia, Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814–1825
- ^"PFO-15 Colonial Treasurer (1856-1959) Treasurer (1959- )".NSW State Records & Archives.Retrieved18 April2021.
- ^"Ship News".Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser.8 April 1824. p. 2.Retrieved21 June2017– via Trove.
- ^"William Balcombe (1779–1829) – Find A Grave Memorial".www.findagrave.com.Retrieved21 June2017.
- ^"Obituary – William Balcombe – Obituaries Australia".oa.anu.edu.au.Retrieved21 June2017.
Further reading
[edit]- "Chapter 1: William Balcombe – A Man of mystery".Pounding along to Singapore with the 2/20th Battalion AIF.13 October 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2017.