Douglas, Captain William Bloomfield ²¹¹

  General Notes:

In April, 1870, shortly after the return of Mr G. W. Goyder's surveying expedition in which my father took part, my grandfather Captain W. Bloomfield Douglas was appointed Resident of the Northern Territory of South Australia, as it was then called. He had held various appointments in South Australia for nearly 20 years, such as Harbormaster, Collector of Customs, and President of the Marine Board. (See reference D.D.Daley)



From: "Chris Wheeler"
Date: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:32 am
Subject: Bloomfield
Hi,
I saw in notes made by Harriet Douglas, (Bloomfield's daughter by
Ellen Atkinson), that he went out to Borneo and served board the
Royalist, in the service of the Raja of Sarawak. The Second Raja was
Bloomfield's Uncle on his mother Mary's side.

Whilst out there, he became a friend of Sir Henry Keppel and sailed
with him aboard the Dido hunting Dayak pirates. Harriet also wrote
that Bloomfield was a talented artist and that he drew some of the
illustrations for the ship's log. I was looking at a web site
about
the Rajas of Sarawak and in the bibliography was the following:

"KEPPEL, Henry, Sir, The expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for
the
suppression of piracy, with extracts from the journal of James
Brooke ... [1845 proof edition, unpublished, British Museum]"

It would seem pretty likely that Bloomfield was on this expedition
and I will see if the Museum can dig it out for me to look at.
Perhaps it will contain some of Bloomfield's illustrations.

Chris.


2 or 3 sons living in the Malay States, one a commissioner of police over that whole quarter. Godson of Lord Bloomfield Govenor of Penang Spent some time in Australia as Government Resident at Port Darwin.

According to Chris Wheeler - Sea Captain, Chief Officer (Coast Guard), Resident of Selangor.

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From: "Chris Wheeler" <cw@wheelerslaw.co.uk <mailto:cw@wheelerslaw.co.uk>>


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Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:42:58 -0000
From: "Chris Wheeler" <cw@wheelerslaw.co.uk <mailto:cw@wheelerslaw.co.uk>>
Subject: Re: Genealogy

Hi,

I have information about the ancestors of Mary Johnson, RWGD's first
wife, and in particular, the Willes family. As Jeremy Foster and I
are at the moment the only members of the group descended from Mary,
I propose just to record that it is available if requested by
anyone. Hopefully more of Mary's descendants will join in due
course. Those I know of live in Australia, South Africa and the UK.

I also have information on the descendants of Alma (one of
Bloomfield's daughters by Ellen Atkinson), who married Frederick
Thomas Pearce Foster in Hong Kong in 1881. Likewise, I will happily
provide this if requested. I very much agree with Beryl that no
information about living people should go on the Internet without
their express consent.

In answer to a point raised by Beryl, according to some notes made
by his daughter Harriet, Bloomfield died in Nova Scotia, Canada in
1904.

I knew nothing about Bloomfield's first marriage to Annie Maude
McDonald. Any further information and in particular, the date and
place of the marriage would be much appreciated. Do we have any of
Annie's descendants in the group or does anyone know of any? Before
he married Ellen Atkinson, Bloomfield sailed aboard HMS Wolverine to
China under the command of his uncle John Johnson (Mary's brother)
and then set off to Borneo to hunt pirates. I am amazed he had time
then to marry Annie and produce six kids before marrying Ellen in
Alnwick in 1848 aged only 26. He was still at it in 1884 aged 62.
Sailors!!

Sian and I plan to visit Alnwick soon and will report back. There is
still a coastguard station there. I will try to find out whether it
was Bloomfield's one. Alnwick Castle was occupied by the Percys,
historical enemies of the Douglases. Does anyone have a spare
claymore?

Chris.




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  Death Notes:

5/3 1906, Hallifax Novia Scotia

  Noted events in his life were:

• School: Edward Flower School, 1828, Upper St. Islington. ²¹³

• Occupation: Govenor of Calcutta.

• Occupation: Government Representative: Darwin.

• Occupation: Resident of Selangor. ¹⁵²

Captain married Ellen Atkinson on 25 Apr 1848 ²¹¹.^,212 (Ellen Atkinson was born in 1829 in Alnik, Northumberland ¹⁵² and died in 1887.)

Captain next married Kate Clinch in 1883-1884.²¹¹

Captain next married Annie Maude McDONALD, daughter of Living and Living, in 1889.²¹¹