Layton, William Grazebrook

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Unique IDPE-002313SurnameLaytonGiven namesWilliam GrazebrookBirth date19th May 1865Birth date qualifierexactPlace of birthQueenslandBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1884-1931Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 47 years.
Death of his father, George E Layton, secretary to the trustees of the National Art Gallery [ref: SMH 27 May 1905 p11]

Appointment as Town Clerk [ref: The Daily Telegraph 17 June 1924 p7]

Biographical note [ref: SMH 3 June 1930 p10]

Retirement 29 May 1931 [ref: The Daily Telegraph 29 May 1931 p 11]; [ref: SMH 3 June 1930 p10]; [ref: SMH 29 May 1931 p 15]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 23431/1949 LAYTON WILLIAM GRAZEBROOK [parents] GEORGE EDWARD & MARY registered at PENRITH

Death Notice: LAYTON. William Grazebrook,-August 20 1949, at his residence, Boonah, Blaxland, beloved husband of the late Rosalie Layton and father of Mary (Mrs. Edgar Rouse) and William Deane Layton. Private cremation. [ref:SMH 22 August 1949]

Mr. W. G. Layton, 82, a former Town Clerk of Sydney, died after a heart attack at his home at Blaxland. Mr. Layton joined the Sydney Municipal Council service in 1885 as a junior clerk at the age of 16. [ref: Singleton Argus, 24 August 1949]

Probate notice [ref: Nepean Times (Penrith) 1 September 1949]

Details from contemporary sources:
1884 City Surveyor requests increase for him - employed since April at £1 per week - keeps stock & materials records - steadiness, industry, capacity - increase by 10/- per week - November [ref: 26/200/2074]
1885 £1/10/- per week - Clerk in charge of Material & Stock Registers - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 - Finance Committee recommends £1/10/- per week - Clerk, Material & Stock Registers [ref: 22/31/6(e)]
1886 Temporary appointment lieu AC White suspended - Clerk to City Surveyor - January 1886 [ref: 21/17/1 [335]]
1886 Requests salary increase from £125 pa - December - commended by Mountain [ref: 26/216/2457]
1887 Appointment, July - Clerk to the Town Clerk - commended by Daniels - present rate of salary [ref: 21/17/10 [615]]
1888 Schedule of Salaries 1887-88 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/35/5(b)]
1889 £150 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1889 [ref: SMH 13 December 1888, p7]
1889 City Building Surveyor's Department - requests 2 weeks’ leave of absence from 2 January 1890 [ref: 26/238/2044]
1889 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Request increase from £175 pa - recommended by McRae - highly efficient - December [ref: 26/246/2264]
1890 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation - £175 pa [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 Request 2 weeks’ leave of absence from 2 January 1891 [ref: 26/246/2270]
1891 Salaries of Officers 1892 - requests increase for 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1892 To replace Ernest Pidcock as Assistant Cashier, City Treasurer's Department- February - £175 pa [ref: 26/255/286]
1892 Proposal for Fidelity Guarantees [ref: 22/43/24 (b)]
1892 £175 pa - request increase - December [ref: 26/262/2426]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Salary Schedule 1894-95 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/47/57]
1895 £175 pa - Report on Salaries of Employees [ref: 22/48/22½]
1896 Request 2 weeks’ leave of absence from 2 January 1896 [ref: 26/282/1510]
1898 £175 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 £175 pa - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation - Cashier, City Treasurer's Department - £200 [ref: 22/55/65]
1901 Appointment Chief Clerk - reported Australian Star 7 March 1901 [ref: Council Meeting 6 March 1901]
1901 Temporary appointment to Chief Clerk to Town Clerk, March [ref: Australian Town & Country Journal, 16 March, p8]
1902 Mention, April - Chief Clerk to Town Clerk [ref: Evening News 4 April p3]
1904 Authority to act for Town Clerk (on leave) - September [ref: 1904/1450]
1911 Authority to act for Town Clerk (on leave) - February [ref: 1911/0605]
1924 Appointment as Town Clerk from 1 July 1924 [ref: 2595/24]
1931 Allowances on resignation - 29 May [ref: 2678/31]
1949 Expression of sympathy on his death - August [ref: 4235/49]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002467

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Layton, William Grazebrook