Captain Frederick Dunbar personal papers, 1827-1893; 1960; 2008

MLMSS 9306X

fonds

1827-1893; 1960; 2008

916205

0.40 cm of textual records (1 outsize box)

Born in Northern Ireland, ca 1803, Frederick Dunbar was formally educated in Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the British Army in 1838 as an Ensign and spent several years in India where he married Emma Kane. Emma died in 1839 and Frederick with his 2 sons migrated to Melbourne in 1842. (Source: Captain Frederick Dunbar, 1803-1893, a written documentary).

1. Captain Frederick Dunbar, 1803-1893, a written documentary, by John L. Dunbar. Newcastle, Eric Dunbar, 2008.

2. Commission certificate for Frederick Dunbar, Gent to Ensign in 87th for Royal Irish Fusiliers Regiment of Foot, 10th August 1827.

3. Commission certificate for Frederick Dunbar, Gent to Ensign in 39th for the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot, 3rd July 1828.

4. Commission certificate for Frederick Dunbar, Gent to Lieutenant in 39th for the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot, 4 April 1832.

5. Commission certificate for Frederick Dunbar, Esquire to Captain of a Company in the 39th Regiment of Foot, 13th October 1839.

6. Letter to Frederick from his father, John Dunbar, 20th February 1842.

7. Letter to Frederick from his brother, George Dunbar, 31st August 1842.

8. Letter to Frederick from London solicitor, N.J.V. Philpott, Butchers Hall, 29th February 1888.

9. Document no. 2626, 1885 in the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division. Between Harry John Vernon Philpott and the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation.

10. Genealogical tables and family trees relating to the Dunbar Family.

11. Birth, marriage and death certificates and extracts, 1835-65.

12. Various documents including: Legal case details; account of Arrah during the Indian Mutiny of 1857; letter to Dr. Cousin from John Dunbar; land search details for Mr. O'Brien; 2 wills of Emilie Dunbar ca. 1870.; 2 letters from the War Office, 1896; letter to Mr. Paine, 1960.

13. Journal/notebook of Captain Frederick Dunbar. Book is hand-bound between marbled hard covers, with impressed in the corner an oval bearing the design 'London, 1840, superfine'. The entries are undated but it appears to be written over a period of time. Date is therefore estimated to be between 1840 and 1893. See no. 1 'Captain Frederick Dunbar, 1803-1893, a written documentary' pages 56-60 for some transcriptions.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Eric Dunbar

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