James Sydney Walker
| James Sydney Walker | |||||||||
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| Died | 1883 | ||||||||
| Residence |
45 Porchester Sq [1854] 31 Lombard St [1862] The Bury Hunsdon Ware [1867] | ||||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||||
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contributes £1 to Eyre Defence and Aid Fund
1883.11.13 death noted
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Australian family. Walker & Co. Three sons, Edward, William Benjamin and James Sydney Walker temporarily resided at Oaklands, the latter appointed magistrate for Pambula in 1847 ... destructive storm ...wiped out Warrabagra Station ... In 1853 sold out ... James, who had played a major role in rescue activities, was clearly relieved. He left a note, on which he wrote the comment, 'Left the District never to return' ..... James Sydney played an active role in his father's business affairs initially in NSW and Victoria, but later in London, where he resided at Hyde Park Gate before he settled in Hunsdonbury, Hertfordshire. There he was appointed High Sheriff of the country in 1875. [from Early Merchant Families of Sydney: Speculation and Risk Management on the ...
By Janette Holcomb]
1875 James Sydney Walker - Hunsdonbury [High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire]
Henceforward manor and house followed the same descent, both being purchased by James S. Walker of Hunsdonbury in 1858. Mr. Walker then sold the manor to Mr. Charles Phelips [British History online]
1861 census ‘Hunsdon’ RG9/804 ED4 F40 James Sydney Walker, born in Australia gave his occupation as
‘Landed Proprietor’. His two elder children, aged 12 & 8 were also born in Australia, but his younger children, aged 6 & 4 were born in Paddington, Middlesex. A search of the Australian newspapers revealed
several transactions involving land registration or sales by James Sydney Walker of Hunsdonbury, England.
‘Transfer of Land Statute’, The Argus, 28th July 1870, where the sale noted a joint ownership with ‘William
Walker of England’, ‘Yan Yean Estate for Sale’, The Argus, 24th April 1876, estate of 3,100 acres near
Melbourne. He was also the plaintiff in a case brought against the Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company
for damages resulting from a loss made on a loan to the railway by Walker and his partners ‘Larnach and
Others v. Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company’, The Argus, 3rd March 1860. For this reason the source
of his wealth has been given as commercial [THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION AND LAND OWNERSHIP CHANGE ON THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, c.1870-1914 by Julie Patricia Moore]
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On the Aborigines of Twofold Bay, Australia
