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Jarrad Edward Strickland Married Married Anne Cholmley | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Strickland [CFT #3606] Born: 1820 Died: 1889 |
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| b Loughglynn House, County Roscommon, Ireland d Sydney, NSW, Australia. Buried at Gore Hill Cemetery. Sir Edward was the third son of Jarrad Edward Strickland (1782-1844) of the East India Co. and his wife, Anne, nee Cholmley; he was the uncle of Sir Gerald Strickland, first and last Baron Strickland of Sizergh Castle, Kendal, Westmorland, England. Educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, he joined the Commissariat Department on 15th February 1838 as a clerk and served in Canada in 1838-39. From January 1840 to December 1841 he was stationed in New South Wales; on 26th December 1840 he was promoted to deputy assistant commissary general; in 1842-44 he served in Van Diemen's Land, and in 1844-60 in Malta, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East. In the Crimean war he received the Crimean medal with clasp and the Turkish medal. In 1860 he wrote 'Note on the Reorganization of the British Army' (London) in which he urged certain reforms including the creation of a military board and the post of chief of staff. After acting as the British member of the Joint Financial Commission of Enquiry on Greece he published 'Greece: Its Condition, Prospects, and Resources' (London, 1863). Appointed deputy commissiary general, ranking with colonel, on 8th September 1861, Strickland was in Melbourne in 1863-64 and in New Zealand in 1864-67. In the Maori war he received the New Zealand medal and was made a C.B. After service in Nova Scitia he was in Malta in 1874-76 and the Cape of Good Hope in 1877-79. He was appointed K.C.B. for his service at the Cape and Natal during the Zulu wars. Promoted commissiary-general, ranking with major-general, on 23rd November 1878, he served in Ireland as senior commissariat officer in 1880-81 until he retired on 8th August. Elected a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of London in 1860, he was vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australia, a founder and president of the society's New South Wales branch, president of the Australian Geographical Conference in 1884 and vice-president of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. He helped promote Capt. H.C.Everill's expedition to New Guinea in 1885. The Strickland River in New Guinea was named after him. Content from the Australian Dictionary of Biography, 2006-2011, by G.P.Walsh is acknowledged and appreciated. |
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