John Giles Price

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John Giles Price

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Trengwainton, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
Death: March 27, 1857 (48)
Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Private User and Elizabeth Lambart
Husband of Mary Price
Father of Sir John Frederick Price, K.C.S.I.; James Franklin Price; Col. Thomas Caradoc Rose Price; Emily Mary Price; Anna Clara Hayward and 1 other
Brother of Rose Lambart Price; Thomas Price; Sir Charles Dutton Price, 2nd Baronet; George Price; Louisa Douglas Price and 4 others

Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About John Giles Price

John Giles Price (20 October 1808 – 27 March 1857), magistrate and penal administrator, was the only civilian to command the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, being in charge from 6 August 1846 to 18 January 1853.

Occupation

  • commandant/supervisor of convicts
  • convict administrator
  • landowner
  • magistrate
  • murder victim
  • prison administrator

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John Giles Price's Timeline

1808
October 21, 1808
Trengwainton, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1839
October 3, 1839
1841
March 20, 1841
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1842
October 21, 1842
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1845
October 5, 1845
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1846
January 30, 1846
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1852
1852
New South Wales, Australia
1857
March 27, 1857
Age 48
Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia