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| Name | SAVILE / SAVILLE – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 95th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 49 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th December 1823 / 18 years / London Middlesex England Miller |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Fresh Hazel Brown None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta and Ionian Islands – 10 years 9 months Ceylon – 5 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 248 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th August 1845 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Fulham Middlesex England |
| Pension Districts | 1845 2nd West London 1852 Western Australia 1856 Tasmania |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 3rd May 1852 Plymouth, England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1805 Roxton Tempsford Bedfordshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Elizabeth B c1821 Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Ann B 1850 Chelsea Middlesex London England M BEAN John 4th May 1876 Longford Tasmania D 3rd June 1913 Perth Tasmania |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife Date/ place of Marriage | HOLLOWAY George 2nd April 1859 Longford Tasmania |
| 3rd Husband of Wife Date/Place of Marriage | DENNIS James 1st September 1869 Longford Tasmania |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Night Warder Convict Establishment 16 October 1852 Resigned 6 November 1854 Convict overseer Tasmania |
| Newspaper Articles | The Hobarton Mercury Friday 2nd January 1857 page 2 death Launceston Examiner Saturday 3rd January 1857 page 2 Inquest results Launceston Examiner Saturday 3rd May 1890 page 1 Funeral Notice Elizabeth Dennis Examiner Wednesday 4th June 1913 page 1 Death of Mary Ann Bean |
| Departure from Western Australia | Amazon sailed 13th November 1854 arriving Melbourne Victoria 6th December 1854 Reindeer arriving Hobart December 1854 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th December 1856 Tasmania Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | DENNIS Elizabeth 1st May 1890 Perth Tasmania |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army worldwide Index 1841 William Saville 49 Private 95th Foot location Colombo Ceylon Discharge due to ophthalmic – nearly blind In the 1851 Census William Saville is living at First Street, Saint Luke Chelsea, Chelsea, London. He is aged 42 born Bedfordshire and said his occupation was ‘Broker’. His wife Elizabeth was aged 29 and born Kingston on Thames, Surrey, their daughter Mary Ann age 1 was born Chelsea.Left Colony without permission 1854 after resigning from the Convict Establishment. When William Saville was accidentally drowned there was a Coroner’s Inquest which said ‘The said William Saville on the day of December in the years aforesaid at Perth in the County aforesaid in the Island aforesaid whilst being in a very leaky boat on the South Esk River it so happened that the said boat from its leaky state filled with water and sank and that accidentally casually and by misfortune the said William Saville himself being at the time under the influence of liquor was immersed and suffocated and drowned in the waters of the said river and the jurors upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said William Saville accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise.’ Reference: Libraries Online Collection Resource SC 195/1/39 Inquest 3899 |