Wright, Thomas Mountsteven

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Unique IDPE-000071SurnameWrightGiven namesThomas MountstevenBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1844-1846Biographical noteBiographical details:
Letter denying the Wharf is a “favourite resort for gamblers" [ref: SMH 8 February 1845 p2]

Prosecutions by Wright for breaches of By Laws: [ref: SMH 15 July 1845 p2] and [ref: Commercial Journal and General Advertiser 19 July 1845 p 3]

Appointment of Thomas Mount Steven Wright as Clerk of Petty Sessions at Wellingrove (near Tenterfield) [ref: NSW Government Gazette 7 January 1847 p3]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death WRIGHT THOMAS M 6020/1870 [parents] RICHARD & ANN registered at TENTERFIELD

Death Notice: On the 2nd March, at his residence, Cornwall Cottage, Tenterfield, New England. Mr. Thomas Mounsteven Wright, third son of the late Richard Wright, Bodmin, England, and grandson of the late Sir Hugh Mounsteven, Knt, aged 64 years, father of Mrs. J. B. Howell, of this city. [ref: Evening News 14 March 1870 p2]

Obituary: Mr. T. M. WRIGHT.- The Tenterfield Times records with feelings of regret the death of the oldest resident in the township of Tenterfield, viz.- Mr. Thomas Mounsteven Wright, which took place at his residence, Cornwall Cottage, on Wednesday last, March 2nd, after a lingering illness of some weeks, at the advanced age of sixty-four years. The deceased was a grandson of the late Sir Hugh Mounsteven, and arrived in Sydney on February 10th, 1840, where he remained for a period of seven years, when he obtained the appointment of clerk of petty sessions for this district, then comparatively only an insignificant place. He filled the office for a period of seventeen years and three months to the satisfaction of all, when he retired upon a pension which he enjoyed until his death. The deceased had been a resident in the township for over twenty two years, and while not being the oldest in the district, he certainly was the oldest in the township. The deceased always took a lively interest in the advancement of the district, and was much respected by all who knew him, and great sympathy was shown by the large attendance at his funeral. [ref: Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney) 2 April 1870 p 10]

Details from contemporary sources:
1844 Appointed, 8 July 1844 [ref: 7/2/81]
1844 Appointed 8 July 1844; salary £120 pa [ref: 879/088]
1844 Sureties - Thomas Fuller & Mat Wellington - signature Thos Mountsteven Wright [ref: 26/2/056]
1844 Sureties July 1844 - Mat Wellington & William Newton [replaced Fuller] [ref: 27/2/188/205]
1844 Reports persons avoiding payment of dues - wharf needs repairs - August [ref: 26/2/063]
1844 Complaints by fruit growers re scale of charges - suggests changes - November [ref: 26/2/082]
1844 Suggests regulations for preventing sale of stinking fish - November [ref: 26/2/086]
1844 Reports produce still being landed at bottom of Bathurst Street to avoid dues - November [ref: 20/2/088]
1844 Report by Laws Committee on by laws proposed by Wright - December [ref: 21/002/392 [395]]
1845 Dues are higher than those at private wharfs - no fruit being landed -action needed - January [ref: 26/2/111]
1845 Occupancy of higher part of wharf by Wickham and Flood who offer to pay rent - March [ref: 26/2/135]
1845 Re fence at Wharf impeding access to Davies Wharf [ref: 21/003/195 [417]]
1845 Report of Select Committee recommending leasing of City Properties including Market Wharf - November [ref: 21/003/232 [509]]
1846 Seeks compensation as position abolished - January [ref: 7/3/19]
1846 No compensation to be paid - February [ref: 7/3/47]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004713

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Wright, Thomas Mountsteven