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Obituaries & funerals, 1862

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Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 4
Also in Empire

The Earl of Pembroke, Sir Thomas Wyse, Vice-Admiral Duff, Sir John West, Sir John Kincaird, and W. Brandt…

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Death of the Very Rev. Brother Michael Paul Riordan, Superior-general of the Christian Brothers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 1

We have to record the death of this zealous servant of God which took place on Monday, the 17th inst., in the house of the Christian Brothers, Dublin. From an early period of life, he devoted…

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Death of a Nonogenarian

Empire · Tuesday 24 June 1862 · page 3

DIED on Wednesday, 19th March, at her residence in the Strand, Mrs. Morning Chronicle. Born in 1769, the deceased has had a long and varied career. Her father was the celebrated William Woodfall, who did all that a fond…

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The Late Mr. James Pennington. (From the Economist, April 19.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1862 · page 2

WE owe a tribute to the memory of the late Mr. James Pennington, a diligent and successful labourer in the field of political economy, who died at Clapham Common on the 23rd ultimo, at the advanced age of…

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The Zambezi and Lake Nyassa Mission. Death of Bishop Mackenzie and Mr. Burrup. (From the Grahamstown Journal, May 13)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 July 1862 · page 3

THE Hon. D. G. van Breda has received the following very interesting communication from Dr. Kirk, of the Livingstone Expedition:— On board H. M. ship Pioneer,…

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Reported Death of Dr. Livingstone. (From the Argus, July 18th.)

Empire · Saturday 26 July 1862 · page 8

THE vague report which appeared to our columns a few days since, to the effect that Dr. Livingstone, the famous African explorer, was dead, appears to be more or less founded on fact. The following particulars have reached…

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Cape of Good Hope. the Zambezi and Lake Nyassa Mission. Death of Bishop Mackenzie and Mr. Burrup

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 July 1862 · page 7

THE Hon. D.G. van Breda has received the following very interesting communication from Dr. Kirk, of the Livingston Expedition:—On beard H. M. ship Pioneer,…

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Cape of Good Hope. by way of Melbourne we have eight days' later from the Cape of Good Hope, viz., to the 21st of May. Reported Death of Dr. Livingstone

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 August 1862 · page 6

The Argus of the 18th says:—"The vague report which appeared in our columns a few days since, to the effect that Dr. Livingston, the famous african explorer, was dead, appears to be more or less founded…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 August 1862 · page 8
Also in Empire

CHARLES JOHN VISCOUNT CANNING, GOVERNOR-General of India, is son of the Hight Hon. George Canning, for some time Prime Minister of England, by a daughter of Major-General Scott of Balcombie, Fifeshire. He was born in 1812, at Gloucester Lodge,…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 August 1862 · page 5

Lord Canning, Mr. Buckle (author of the "History of Civilisation"), Mr. Wakley, M.P., and coroner for Middlesex; the Rev. J. Burnett, Admiral Sir George Tyler, General Sir T…

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ARRIVAL of the Mail at Melbourne. Reuter's Telegram. [Through Greville and Bird.] News from London to July 3, and from New York to June 23. Russia Recognised Kingdom of Italy. Dissensions mongst Confederates. Bloody Battle at Charlestown. Beauregard evacuated Corinth. Total Destruction of Confederate Fleet Death of Lord Canning. Princess Alice Married. Queenscliff, August 13

Empire · Thursday 14 August 1862 · page 8

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Northam, Captain Potts, arrived at Port Phillip Heads at noon, having left King George's Sound on the 8th instant…

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Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 16 August 1862 · page 5
Also in Freeman's Journal

Lord Canning, Mr. Buckle (author of the "History of Civilisation"), Mr. Wakley, M.P., and coroner for Middlesex; the Rev. J. Burnett, Admiral Sir George Tyler, General Sir T…

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Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 16 August 1862 · page 5

CHAP[?] JOHN VISCOUNT CANNING, Governor-General of India, is sen of the Right Hon. George Canning, for some time Prime Minister of England. He was daughter of Major-General Scott of [?] Fites[?] He was born in 1512, at Gloucester Ledges…

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Death of Lord Canning

Empire · Monday 18 August 1862 · page 4

In the House of Lords, on the 17th June, Lord Granville, with evident emotion, said—It is my duty, however painful, to inform the House of the loss of one of its most distinguished members. That great, just, and…

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Address From Municipal Council of Sydney to Her Majesty, on the Death of the Prince Consort

Empire · Monday 25 August 1862 · page 5

MAY IT GRACIOUSLY PLEASE YOUE MAJESTY,— We, the Municipal Council of Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales, your Majesty's most loyal and faithful subjects have learned with unfeigned sorrow of…

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The Death of Mr. Buckle. (To the Editor of the Times.)

Empire · Wednesday 27 August 1862 · page 8

SIR,—It is my painful duty to announce, not only to his nearer friends and relatives, as I have already done, but also, through you, to the world interested in the author of the "History of Civilisation in England," the death of…

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The Late Mr. Norton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1862 · page 4

MR. JAMES NORTON arrived in the colony in 1818, having before his arrival been admitted a solicitor of the Courts in England. His name first appears, in a published list of the attorneys of the colony in the…

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