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{{Infobox person
| name = Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco
| name = Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco
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| image = Crawford Pasco RN 1882.jpg
| birth_date = 17 January 1818
| birth_date = 17 January 1818
| birth_place = [[Plymouth Dock]], [[Devon]], [[England]]
| birth_place = [[Plymouth Dock]], [[Devon]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|02|18|1818|01|17|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|02|18|1818|01|17|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| resting_place = St Kilda cemetery, Victoria, Australia
| death_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| resting_place = [[St Kilda Cemetery]], Victoria, Australia
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|-37.861099|145.001795|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|-37.861099|145.001795|type:landmark|display=inline}}
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| occupation = Naval officer, police magistrate
| residence = England, Australia
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| years_active =
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| occupation = Naval officer, police magistrate
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| employer = [[Royal Navy]], Colonial [[Government of Victoria]]
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| years_active =
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| spouse = Mary Elizabeth Emmett (1820–1863)<br/>Francis Emily Barker (1837–1907)
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| employer = [[Royal Navy]], Colonial [[Government of Victoria]]
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| children = with '''Mary Elizabeth''':<br/>Crawford Perry Bate Pasco (1854–1857)<br/>(twins) Pasco (1855–1855)<br/>Mary Isabel Penfold Pasco (1855–1893)<br/>Grace Pasco (1857–1857)<br/>() Pasco (1859–1859)<br/>Montague Gordon Charles Pasco (1860–1952)<br/>Frederick Claude Coote Pasco (1863–1955)<br/><ref>Commander of {{HMS|Fantome|1901|6}}[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-fantome] and {{HMS|Penguin|1876|6}} (I)[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-penguin-i]</ref>
| religion = Christian
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with '''Francis Emily''':<br/>Emily Frances Pasco (1868–1939)<br/>Alice Josephine Pasco (1869–1920)<br/>William Henry Pasco (1871–1961)
| denomination = Anglican
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| parents = Rear Admiral [[John Pasco]]<br/>Rebecca Penfold
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| spouse = Mary Elizabeth nee Emmett (1820–1863)
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| relatives = son-in-law of [[Henry James Emmett]]<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Moore |first= Michael T. |year= 1974 |id2=pasco-crawford-atchison-denman-4369/text7107 |title= 'Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman (1818–1898) |accessdate= 2013-01-09 }}</ref>
| spouse 2 = Francis Emily nee Barker (1837–1907)
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| children = with '''Mary Elizabeth''': Crawford Perry Bate Pasco (1854-1857), (twins) Pasco (1855-1855), Mary Isabel Penfold Pasco (1855-1893), Grace Pasco (1857-1857), () Pasco (1859-1859), Montague Gordon Charles Pasco (1860–1952), Frederick Claude Coote Pasco (1863–1955);<ref>Commander of [[HMS Fantome (1901)|HMAS Fantome]][http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-fantome] and [[HMS Penguin (1876)|HMAS Penguin]] (I)[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-penguin-i]</ref>
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with '''Francis Emily''': Emily Frances Pasco (1868–1939), Alice Josephine Pasco (1869–1920), William Henry Pasco (1871–1961)
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| parents = Rear Admiral [[John Pasco]] and Rebecca, nee Penfold
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| relatives = son-in-law of [[Henry James Emmett]]<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Moore |first= Michael T. |authorlink= |year= 1974 |id2=pasco-crawford-atchison-denman-4369/text7107 |title= 'Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman (1818–1898) |accessdate= 2013-01-09 }}</ref>
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'''Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco''' (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898)<ref>John William Linzee: ''The Lindeseie and Limesi families of Great Britain: including the probates at Somerset house, London, England, of all the spellings of the name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800'' Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1917.</ref> was a [[Royal Navy]] officer and [[Australia]]n [[police magistrate]] during the 19th century.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
'''Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco''' (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898)<ref>John William Linzee: ''The Lindeseie and Limesi families of Great Britain: including the probates at Somerset house, London, England, of all the spellings of the name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800'' Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1917.</ref> was a [[Royal Navy]] officer and Australian [[police magistrate]] during the 19th century.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>


==Career==
==Career==
There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
*He joined aged 12 years, in 1794 and served on:
*He joined aged 12 years, in 1830 and served on:
*{{HMS|Nimrod|1828|6}} including the 1832 blockade of the [[Scheldt]] during the [[Portuguese Civil War]], and the 1833 [[Siege of Porto]] on {{HMS|Tagus}}
*{{HMS|Nimrod|1828|6}} including the 1832 blockade of the [[Scheldt]] during the [[Portuguese Civil War]], and the 1833 [[Siege of Porto]] on {{HMS|Tagus}}
*{{HMS|Blonde|1819|6}} and {{HMS|Satellite|1826|6}} 1834-1837 stationed chiefly off Peru and Chile
*{{HMS|Blonde|1819|6}} and {{HMS|Satellite|1826|6}} 1834–37 stationed chiefly off Peru and Chile
*{{HMS|Britomart|1820|6}} 1838 under Lieutenant [[Owen Stanley]] and sailed to [[Port Essington]] to prepare a settlement
*{{HMS|Britomart|1820|6}} 1838 under Lieutenant [[Owen Stanley]] and sailed to [[Port Essington]] to prepare a settlement
*{{HMS|Beagle}} 1839 under [[John Clements Wickham]], then under [[John Lort Stokes]], engaged in surveying parts of Australia's northern and western coasts, discovering in particular the [[Adelaide River]], the future port of Darwin and the [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Victoria River]]
*{{HMS|Beagle}} 1839 under [[John Clements Wickham]], then under [[John Lort Stokes]], engaged in surveying parts of Australia's northern and western coasts, discovering in particular the [[Adelaide River]], the future port of Darwin and the [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Victoria River]]
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*retired from the navy he settled in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
*retired from the navy he settled in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]


He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the [[Hong Kong Register]] suggesting that the [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]] (P. & O. Co.) might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37130205 |title=POST TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BY STEAM. |newspaper=[[The Australian|The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=28 January 1847 |accessdate=12 March 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and other Australian papers.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the ''[[Hong Kong Register]]'' suggesting that the [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]] (P. & O. Co.) might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37130205 |title=POST TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BY STEAM. |newspaper=[[The Australian (1824 newspaper)|The Australian]] |location=Sydney |date=28 January 1847 |accessdate=12 March 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and other Australian papers.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>


In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the {{SS|Chusan}}.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the {{SS|Chusan}}.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>


And later in Victoria, Australia:<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
And later in Victoria, Australia:<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
*1852 appointed a territorial magistrate, superintendent of water police and resident magistrate at [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91928422 |title=ARRIVALS. |newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser|Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856)]] |location=Vic. |date=15 October 1852 |accessdate=27 April 2013 |page=1 Edition: DAILY and MORNING, Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE GEELONG ADVERTISER AND INTELLIGENCER |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After repeated clashes with officers of the hulks, following a board of inquiry, in 1857 he was transferred to [[Swan Hill]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87978131 |title=BENDIGO HOSPITAL. |newspaper=[[Bendigo Advertiser|Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918)]] |location=Vic. |date=14 January 1858 |accessdate=27 April 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*1852 appointed a territorial magistrate, superintendent of water police and resident magistrate at [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91928422 |title=ARRIVALS. |newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer]] |location=Vic. |date=15 October 1852 |accessdate=27 April 2013 |page=1 Edition: DAILY and MORNING, Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE GEELONG ADVERTISER AND INTELLIGENCER |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After repeated clashes with officers of the hulks, following a board of inquiry, in 1857 he was transferred to [[Swan Hill]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87978131 |title=BENDIGO HOSPITAL. |newspaper=[[Bendigo Advertiser]] |location=Vic. |date=14 January 1858 |accessdate=27 April 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*later he was magistrate at [[Maryborough, Victoria|Maryborough]], [[Port Albert]] and [[Alexandra, Victoria|Alexandra]]
*later he was magistrate at [[Maryborough, Victoria|Maryborough]], [[Port Albert]] and [[Alexandra, Victoria|Alexandra]]
*with many other magistrates he was dismissed on 24 January 1878.
*with many other magistrates he was dismissed on 24 January 1878.


==Retirement==
==Retirement==
Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the [[Royal Geographical Society of Australasia]] in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Antarctic Exploration Committee (Australasia) | author2=Pasco, Crawford, 1818-1898 | author3=Royal Society of Victoria | author4=Royal Geographical Society of Victoria | author5=Memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research | title=The Antarctic Exploration Committee : appointed by the Royal Society of Victoria and the Geographical Society of Australasia : a memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research | publication-date=1886 | publisher=The Committee | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16624839 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref>
Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the [[Royal Geographical Society of Australasia]] in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Antarctic Exploration Committee (Australasia) | author2=Pasco, Crawford, 1818–1898 | author3=Royal Society of Victoria | author4=Royal Geographical Society of Victoria | author5=Memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research | title=The Antarctic Exploration Committee : appointed by the Royal Society of Victoria and the Geographical Society of Australasia : a memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research | publication-date=1886 | publisher=The Committee | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16624839 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref>


In 1885, he published ''Early exploration of Australia''.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Pasco, Crawford | title=Early exploration of Australia | publication-date=1885 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33666044 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref> In 1897 he published ''A Roving Commission'',<ref>{{Citation | author1=Pasco, Crawford | author2=Prichard, T. H. (Thomas Henry), 1845-1907 | title=A roving commission : naval reminiscences | publication-date=1897 | publisher=George Robertson | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17831608 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref> a vivid account of his naval life.
In 1885, he published ''Early exploration of Australia''.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Pasco, Crawford | title=Early exploration of Australia | publication-date=1885 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33666044 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref> In 1897 he published ''A Roving Commission'',<ref>{{Citation | author1=Pasco, Crawford | author2=Prichard, T. H. (Thomas Henry), 1845–1907 | title=A roving commission : naval reminiscences | publication-date=1897 | publisher=George Robertson | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17831608 | accessdate=27 April 2013 }}</ref> a vivid account of his naval life.


==Family==
==Family==
Crawford Pasco (1818-1898) was the youngest son of [[Rear Admiral]] [[John Pasco]] and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>
Crawford Pasco (1818–1898) was the youngest son of [[Rear Admiral]] [[John Pasco]] and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold.<ref name="ADB_C_Pasco"/>


He was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Emmett, daughter of Henry James Emmett<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2958436 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=[[The Courier (Hobart)|The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859)]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=25 September 1852 |accessdate=9 January 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, née Townsend, After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13150216 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=9 May 1867 |accessdate=9 January 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Emmett, daughter of Henry James Emmett<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2958436 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=[[The Courier (Hobart)|The Courier]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=25 September 1852 |accessdate=9 January 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, née Townsend, After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13150216 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=9 May 1867 |accessdate=9 January 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


There were 8 and 3 offspring respectively from his marriages.
There were 8 and 3 offspring respectively from his marriages.
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| NAME = Pasco, Crawford
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = [[Royal Navy]] officer and [[Australian]] [[police magistrate]]
| DATE OF BIRTH = 17 January 1818
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Plymouth Dock]], [[Devon]], [[England]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 February 1898
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 14 May 2023

Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco
Born17 January 1818
Plymouth Dock, Devon, England
Died18 February 1898(1898-02-18) (aged 80)
Melbourne, Australia
Resting placeSt Kilda Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
37°51′40″S 145°00′06″E / 37.861099°S 145.001795°E / -37.861099; 145.001795
Occupation(s)Naval officer, police magistrate
Employer(s)Royal Navy, Colonial Government of Victoria
Spouse(s)Mary Elizabeth Emmett (1820–1863)
Francis Emily Barker (1837–1907)
Childrenwith Mary Elizabeth:
Crawford Perry Bate Pasco (1854–1857)
(twins) Pasco (1855–1855)
Mary Isabel Penfold Pasco (1855–1893)
Grace Pasco (1857–1857)
() Pasco (1859–1859)
Montague Gordon Charles Pasco (1860–1952)
Frederick Claude Coote Pasco (1863–1955)
[1] with Francis Emily:
Emily Frances Pasco (1868–1939)
Alice Josephine Pasco (1869–1920)
William Henry Pasco (1871–1961)
Parent(s)Rear Admiral John Pasco
Rebecca Penfold
Relativesson-in-law of Henry James Emmett[2]

Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898)[3] was a Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century.[2]

Career[edit]

There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:[2]

He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the Hong Kong Register suggesting that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P. & O. Co.) might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald.[4] and other Australian papers.[2]

In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the SS Chusan.[2]

And later in Victoria, Australia:[2]

  • 1852 appointed a territorial magistrate, superintendent of water police and resident magistrate at Williamstown[5] After repeated clashes with officers of the hulks, following a board of inquiry, in 1857 he was transferred to Swan Hill[6]
  • later he was magistrate at Maryborough, Port Albert and Alexandra
  • with many other magistrates he was dismissed on 24 January 1878.

Retirement[edit]

Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.[7]

In 1885, he published Early exploration of Australia.[8] In 1897 he published A Roving Commission,[9] a vivid account of his naval life.

Family[edit]

Crawford Pasco (1818–1898) was the youngest son of Rear Admiral John Pasco and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold.[2]

He was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Emmett, daughter of Henry James Emmett[10] and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, née Townsend, After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of Melbourne.[11]

There were 8 and 3 offspring respectively from his marriages.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Commander of HMS Fantome[1] and HMS Penguin (I)[2]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Moore, Michael T. (1974). "'Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman (1818–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ^ John William Linzee: The Lindeseie and Limesi families of Great Britain: including the probates at Somerset house, London, England, of all the spellings of the name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800 Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1917.
  4. ^ "POST TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BY STEAM". The Australian. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 28 January 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  5. ^ "ARRIVALS". Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1852. p. 1 Edition: DAILY and MORNING, Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE GEELONG ADVERTISER AND INTELLIGENCER. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. ^ "BENDIGO HOSPITAL". Bendigo Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 14 January 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. ^ Antarctic Exploration Committee (Australasia); Pasco, Crawford, 1818–1898; Royal Society of Victoria; Royal Geographical Society of Victoria; Memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research (1886), The Antarctic Exploration Committee : appointed by the Royal Society of Victoria and the Geographical Society of Australasia : a memorandum of the objects to be served by Antarctic research, The Committee, retrieved 27 April 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Pasco, Crawford (1885), Early exploration of Australia, retrieved 27 April 2013
  9. ^ Pasco, Crawford; Prichard, T. H. (Thomas Henry), 1845–1907 (1897), A roving commission : naval reminiscences, George Robertson, retrieved 27 April 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Family Notices". The Courier. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 25 September 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 May 1867. p. 1. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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