Dawson, Augustine Rawlins

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• Residence: 1851, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Education: 1 Jul 1864, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; Admitted sizar (Age 18) at Magdelene College; School: Christ's Hospital; Matriculation: Michs 1864; Exhibitioner
• Education: 1866, Ceylon; Writer
• Education: 1867, Ceylon; Passed examinations in Cingalese and Tamil
• Occupation: 1867, Point Pedro, Ceylon; Police Magistrate, etc.
• Occupation: Jun 1868, Colombo, Ceylon; Acting Assistant Government Agent
• Occupation: Jan 1869, Jaffna, Ceylon; Police Magistrate, etc.
• Occupation: Jun 1873, Kegalla, Ceylon; District Judge and later that year as Assistant Government Agent
• Occupation: 1876, Ratnapera, Ceylon; Acting Assistant Government Agent
• Occupation: 1878, Mannår, Ceylon; Assistant Agent
• Occupation: 1879, Ceylon; Grain Commissioner
• Occupation: Jan 1885, Puttalam, Ceylon; Assistant Government Agent and later that year, as Principal Assistant, Colonial Secretary
• Occupation: 1890, Ceylon; Principal Assistant, Colonial Secretary
• Residence: 1901, Heene, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1911, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
• Residence: 1914, Worthing, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1918, Worthing, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1919, Worthing, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1920, Worthing, Sussex, England
• Probate: 14 Feb 1922, London, England

Augustine married Roosmale-Cocq, Mary Sophia in Feb 1873 (Spousal) in Jaffna, Ceylon. Mary (daughter of Roosmale-Cocq, Andrew Hendrik and Muddiman, Elizabeth, daughter of Roosmale-Cocq, Andrew Hendrik and Muddiman, Mary Hoare) was born on 2 Mar 1852 in East Judsey, Point de Galle, Ceylon; died on 7 Mar 1878 in Saint Pancras, London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dawson, Surveyor-General of Ceylon Arthur Harold Gerald was born in 1876 in Colombo, Ceylon; died on 10 Dec 1957 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England.

Augustine married Smart, Kathleen Delphie "Kate" on 15 Dec 1881 (Spousal) in Exeter, Devon, England. Kathleen was born on 13 May 1859 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England; died on 27 Dec 1955 in Hove, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 18 Mar 1813, North Atlantic Ocean; Entered the British Royal Navy as a First Class Volunteer; served onboard the WARSPITE 74 under Capts the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood and Lord James O’Bryen; patrolled the east coast of North America during the War of 1812
• Occupation: Abt. May 1813, North Atlantic Ocean; During early 1813 Warspite took a couple of lucrative ‘prizes’ including a US schooner bound for Philadelphia ‘with brandy, wine, silks, etc.,’ from France
• Occupation: Jun 1814, Quebec, Canada East, British North America; The Warspite ship's name appears for the first time on the North American and West Indies Station, when she carried reinforcements to Quebec; the first 74-gun ship to go so far up the Saint Lawrence River
• Occupation: Abt. Sep 1814, Mediterranean Sea; Aboard the IPHIGENIA 26, under Capt Andrew King (Midshipman)
• Occupation: 1816, Indian Ocean; From 1816 to 1820, served in the East Indies onboard the CONWAY 28, under Capt John Reynolds, and the LEANDER 50, flag-ship of Sir H Blackwood (Midshipman)
• Occupation: Abt. 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; For a brief period, joined the QUEEN CHARLOTTE, bearing the flag of Sirs Jas Hawkins Whitshed (Midshipman)
• Occupation: Abt. 1821, Caribbean Sea; For three years, was employed in the West Indies as a passed Midshipman of the THRACIAN 18, Capt John Walter Roberts, and GRECIAN cutter. Lieut-Commander John Cawley
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1823, Mata, Guantanamo, Cuba; The boats THRACIAN and TYNE captured the Zaragozana, a piratical schooner (Midshipman); understood to have led an attack by 47 men in four small boats with men from the 2 ships after attempts at subterfuge had failed
• Occupation: 28 Jun 1824, Caribbean Sea; He obtained his commission in the British Royal Navy (Lieutenant)
• Occupation: 6 Jul 1824, Caribbean Sea; Served onboard the DIAMOND 46, under Capt Lord Napier (Lieutenant)
• Occupation: Abt. 1825, Caribbean Sea; Aboard the BUSTARD 10, under Capt Williams Sandon (Lieutenant)
• Occupation: 11 Feb 1826, Caribbean Sea; Aboard the BRITOMART 10, Capt Fred Chamier (First-Lieutenant)
• Occupation: 18 Sep 1828, Caribbean Sea; Aboard the NIMROD 20, Capt Sam. Radford (First-Lieutenant)
• Occupation: 9 Oct 1829, Caribbean Sea; Aboard the HYACINTH 18, Capt Robert Milborne Jackson (First-Lieutenant)
• Occupation: Abt. Jan 1832, England; Invalided home, Lieutenant Dawson was never again officially afloat, though from that date until at least 1849, he was, on occasion in command of various merchant ships and steam boats
• Occupation: Abt. Feb 1832, Dublin, Ireland; He decided to take advantage of family connections he had in the Anglican Church, and took a short course in Theology at Trinity College in Dublin
• Occupation: Abt. May 1832, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Took the position of Reverend in the Parish Church of St James (Guernsey)
• Occupation: 1834, Channel Islands; He left the Church and (presumably) resumed work at sea aboard various merchant vessels
• Occupation: Abt. 1836, New Zealand; After Mary Jane died, he took his two surviving boys, and headed for New Zealand. He spent several years there, serving as a Justice of the Peace / Police Magistrate
• Occupation: Oct 1842, New Zealand; Birth of the first child of his second marriage, Anne (Police Magistrate / Justice of the Peace)
• Occupation: Oct 1844, County Cork, Ireland; A second child of his second marriage was born, Ellen (Occupation unknown)
• Occupation: 15 Sep 1846, Gravesend, Kent, England; Birth of the couple's third child and eldest boy (Augustine Rawlins Dawson) (Occupation unknown)
• Occupation: 1848, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales; The remaining six of their children were born where Gilbert was employed in developing Welsh coal exports
• Residence: 1851, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Residence: 1861, Dartford, Kent, England
• Residence: 1871, Croydon, Surrey, England

Gilbert married Styles, Harriott Heywood on 29 Nov 1841 (Spousal) in Whanganui, New Zealand. Harriott was born on 22 Jun 1816 in Gravesend, Kent, England; was christened on 18 Aug 1816 in Gravesend, Kent, England; died in Abt. 20 Jun 1883 in Eastbourne, Sussex, East Sussex, England; was buried on 25 Jun 1883 in St. Mary's Churchyard, Eastbourne, Eastbourne Borough, East Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 1851, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Residence: 1861, Dartford, Kent, England
• Residence: 1871, St James, Surrey, England
• Residence: 1881, Eastbourne, Sussex, England