Woolcott, Charles Henry

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Unique IDPE-000078SurnameWoolcottGiven namesCharles HenryBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1843-1887Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 44 years.
Arrived with his parents and brother William Prout Woolcott in Sydney 1832

Purchase by father of business of HJ Sloman, bootmaker – see advertisement [ref: SMH 6 December 1832 p1]

Death of Parents: William, Pitt St Redfern, age 80: [ref: SMH 27 November 1862 p1] and Mary age 73: [ref: SMH 13 June 1860 p1]

Woolcott family connection to family of artist John Skinner Prout and his brother Cornelius Prout, NSW Under Sheriff (arrived NSW 1827); it is believed that Mary Woolcott, wife of William Woolcott Senior, was Cornelius and John Prout’s sister. See entry for John Skinner Prout: Australian Dictionary of Biography online

NSW BDMs Registry: Death: 10583/1905 WOOLCOTT CHARLES H [parents] WILLIAM & MARY registered at ST LEONARDS

Death Notice: WOOLCOTT - August 23, at his residence, Ivy Cliffe, Berry's Bay, Charles Henry Woolcott, in his 84th year. [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 1905 p6]

Report of Death: The death is announced of Mr. Charles Henry Woolcott, formerly town clerk of Sydney. The deceased gentleman was for many years closely identified with the municipal life of this city. He took much interest in matters relating to the early history of Sydney, and some years ago the City Council accepted from him a gift of pictures which give a good idea of Sydney as it appeared in the early days. The late Mr. Woolcott passed away at his residence, Ivy Cliff, Berry's Bay, yesterday, in his 84th year. [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 24 August 1905 p6]

Obituaries, Funeral Reports:[Ref: Newcastle Morning Herald, 25 August 1905 p4[; [ref: SMH 26 August 1905 p11]; [ref: Evening News (Sydney) 26 August 1905 p4]

Paintings: trove.nla.gov.au/people/1487061?c=people, accessed 17 July 2015, link to Design and Art Australia Online; Australian Art Sales Digest online, www.aasd.com.au, accessed 17 July 2015: watercolour “Circular Quay Sydney” image per Lawsons Auctions; “Rocky Point, San Souci, 1854” image per Sotheby’s.

painting of the Hyde Park Water Fountain, State Library NSW (titled Busby’s Bore, possibly by CH Woolcott, SSV1/Wat/1;

House: Ivycliff: North Sydney Heritage Centre, Stanton Library North Sydney: Heritage Leaflet no 5: IvyCliff.

Images: RECORD SERIES - NSCA CRS 54, Photographs of Aldermen, 1877-1991: NSCA CRS 54/441; NSCA CRS 54/474; NSCA CRS 54/479; NSCA CRS 54/528; NSCA CRS 54/545; and RECORD SERIES - Sydney Reference Collection: SRC20610; SRC20644.

Details from contemporary sources:
1843 Appointed, 17 July, 1843 - Clerk to the City Treasurer [ref: Council Meeting 17 July 1843]
1843 Appointed 17 July 1843; salary £120 [ref: 879/021]
1843 Special Committee on reduction salaries - 23 December 1843 [ref: 21/1/59/745[685]]
1844 £100 pa - Schedule of salaries for 1844 - [ref: Council Meeting 28 December 1843]
1846 Statement of duties of officer - January 1846 [ref: 21/004/13 [45]]
1846 £80 pa - appointed 8 June 1846 - Assistant Clerk to the City Surveyor [ref: 7/3/130]
1846 £80 pa - request salary increase to former rate when Clerk to City Treasurer - December [ref: 26/3/110]
1847 Requests leave of absence - illness - October [ref: 26/3/182]
1848 Requests leave of absence for a month January - severe indisposition [ref: 26/4/122]
1849 Appointed 19 March 1849 - Assistant Town Clerk [ref: 7/4/462]
1849 £150 pa - appointed Assistant Town Clerk - 19 March 1849 - letter to Woolcott [ref: 27/4/49/141]
1850 £150 pa - Estimates for 1850 [ref: 27/5/50/102]
1851 £150 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1851 Acting Town Clerk during absence of Town Clerk, John Rae - 15 May [ref: 27/6/51/184]
1851 Leave of absence 14 days, 24 October - sickness [ref: 27/6/51/419]
1851 On leave, 27 November 1851 - sickness [ref: 27/6/51/491]
1852 Assistant to the Town Clerk - £150 pa - Estimates for 1852 [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received £4 in fees/perquisites in 1851 - reported per resolution February - Town Clerk memo [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1854 Request compensation for abolition of position of Assistant to the Town Clerk under Commissioners - January [ref: 26/9/073]
1854 To call on Commissioners before advertisement placed for Secretary - November [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 2 November 1854]
1854 To be appointed on the recommendations of testimonials - 3 November 1854 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 3 November 1854]
1854 Offering testimonials as to ability to discharge the duties of Secretary to the City Commissioners: G Allen; D Egan; E Flood; GR Nichols; TW Smart; W Thurlow - 27 November [ref: 26/13/1073]
1854 Appointed Secretary to the City Commissioners 1 December 1854 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 24 November 1854]
1855 £420 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1855 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 23 January 1855]
1856 £440 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1856 Reporting neglect of duties by City Solicitor causing his inability to sign the abstract of salaries and the neglect of duty by the City Building Surveyor in failing to furnish the annual return of new buildings- April [ref: 26/22/269]
1857 Acting Town Clerk: 1st meeting of new Council - 13 April 1857 [ref: 7/10]
1857 Appointed Town Clerk - £440 pa - 20 April 1857 [ref: 7/10]
1859 Town Clerk - £475 pa - Salary Recommendations for 1859 [ref: 11/3/17]
1859 Requests increase - to parity with Government class 2 clerks [ref: 26/38/0124]
1865 Applies for City debenture as Hon Treasurer St Leonards Penny Savings Bank - accepted [ref: 26/72/237]
1866 Request 2 days leave to move from Beecroft to North Shore - February [ref: 26/77/053]
1866 Reports his staff: Butterworth & Walsh are highly efficient - August [ref: 26/80/753]
1867 Staff petition to revert to 4pm close from 5pm - March [ref: P26/84/273]
1875 Defends employment of staff: assistant & messenger - they also prepare rate notices - January [ref: 26/131/020]
1876 £550 pa - Salaries of officers 1876 [ref: 22/17/189]
1878 £600 pa - Salaries of Officers: 1878 - request increase [ref: 22/17/711]
1879 £600 pa - Woolcott has 3 persons in his department - July [ref: 26/158/803]
1880 £600 pa - Salary Schedule 1879-80 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/18/125/689]
1880 Progress Report on working of Corporation - June - £600 pa [ref: 30/001/037]
1881 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1881 [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1881 £600 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1881 [ref: SMH 20 Jan 1881]
1882 Ceiling of office fell down - nearly injured - all ceilings to be checked - February [ref: 26/182/212]
1882 Salaries of Officers 1882 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/22/54]
1883 Salary Schedule 1882-83 - Finance Committee recommendation - £700 pa [ref: 22/24/44]
1884 £700 pa - Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of officers 1885 - Schedule of salaries - £800 pa [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £800 pa - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 £800 pa - Recommendations Finance Committee Meeting 12 November 1885 - Duties described [ref: SMH 13 November 1885, p5]
1886 Salaries of officers 1886 - Schedule of Salaries 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1886 Offer of retiring allowance £800 - SMH 22 December 1886 [ref: Council Meeting 21 December 1886]
1887 Finance Committee recommends £1000 retiring allowance [ref: SMH 18 February 1887]
1887 Report - £200 is 3 months leave and further £800 is a retiring allowance - to retire 1 March 1887 [ref: SMH 2 March 1887]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004707

Civic Collection

Watercolour - Kenilworth Castle, Warwick by Charles Henry Woolcott, 1876

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionClerk [City Surveyor's Department]Assistant Town Clerk [Town Clerk's Department]Clerk [City Treasury Department I]Secretary to City Commissioners [City Commissioners]Town Clerk [Town Clerk's Department]Related itemsReport of the Special Committee - Review of duties and salaries of staffSelect Committee Report - Enquiry into business transacted for the City by senior staffMinutes of the Finance Committee: "B": Payment of accounts; officers’ salaries; collection of Memorandum: Woolcott, Town Clerk to Improvement Committee - Report on efficiency of his departmentPetition: Office staff request end of day at 4pm due to confinement and monotonous nature of workReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1876Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1878Memorandum: Charles Woolcott, Town Clerk - Staffing in Town Clerk's OfficeReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1880Progress Report on the Working of the Corporation by Finance Sub-CommitteeReport of the Mayor, John Harris, on resignations and appointments of senior staffReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1882Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886

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Woolcott, Charles Henry