Richard Belford

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Also known as Richard Balfour.

History

Richard Belford was born in January 1824 at Londonderry, Ireland. He migrated to New South Wales with his parents, arriving on 03 October 1838, and returning to Ireland in 1846.

Migrated to Melbourne at age 24.

Member Ballarat East Municipal Council. (<01/06/1857-1859>)

Chairman Ballarat East Municipal Council. (<14/07/1858-05/08//1859>)

Editor and co-owner of The Star. (<29/09/1856>) Co-ownership ended 1 July 1858 after a civil court case.[1]

Elected as the inaugural Commanding Officer of the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment (1858 – 59).[2]

Life governor of Ballarat District Hospital. (<1860>)[3]

Member of Provisional Committee of the Ballarat Gas Company. (<07/06/1857>)

Director of the Ballarat Gas Company. (<10/12/1857>)

Justice of the Peace. (<26/08/1858-30/05/1859>)

Member of deputation to the Sludge Commission, Board of Land and Works. (<05/02/1859-04/04/1859>)

Shareholder North Clunes Quartz Mining Association. (<11/06/1860>)

Editor of The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland). (1860-1863)

Editor of the North Australian (Ipswich, Queensland). (<?/09/1861[4]-22/01/1863>)

Chairman of directors of The Colonial Bank of Australasia. (<05/06/1857-10/09/1857>)

Candidate for West Moreton (Queensland); withdrew his nomination. (<04/06/1863>)

Richard Belford died of complications of chronic bronchitis[5] on 28 April 1865 in his home on Adelaide Street, Brisbane.[6] He is buried in the Paddington Cemetery in 1865. His body was exhumed from Paddington in May 1913 and was reburied in Toowong Cemetery. His headstone was also removed to Toowong.[7]

Legacy

As Chairman of the Ballarat East Municipal Council was a member of the group that incorporated the Ballarat Town Library.

Family

Richard Belford (c1797-1842)[8] married[9] Ann Linton (1800.-1866)[10]

--1 James Belford (1820-?) married Anne McKeever (c1820-1866)

--.--2 Elinor Belford (1841-?)

--.--2 James Belford (c1843-c1843)

--.--2 Annie M. Belford (c1844-1925) married James Boylan (c1840-1914)

--.--.--3 Peter James Belford Boylan (1881-?)

--.--2 Theresa Belford (c1845-?)

--.--2 Margaret Eliza Belford (1846-1903) married Daniel Dowling (1838-1870)

--.--.--3 James Belford Dowling (1864-1902)

--.--.--3 Daniel Comlan Dowling (1866-1939)

--.--2 Margaret Eliza Belford (1846-1903) married Robert Dillon (1846-1925)

--.--2 Fergus Hume Belford (1851-1902) married Mary Ann Clegg (1854-1938)

--.--.--3 William John Belford (1880-1937)

--.--.--3 Annie Julia Belford (1882-1916)

--.--.--3 Fergus Belford (1884-1952)

--.--.--3 Ivy Margaret Belford (1885-1972)

--.--.--3 Mary Ann Belford (1887-1960)

--.--.--3 Elsie Theresa Belford (1888-1988)

--.--.--3 Mabel Grace Belford (1889-1945)

--.--.--3 Ethel J. Belford (1890-1894)

--.--.--3 Harold Belford (1893-?)

--.--.--3 Norman P. Belford (1894-1900)

--.--.--3 Herbert Belford (1896-?)

--.--.--3 Charles Belford (1897-?)

--.--.--3 James Belford (1898-1898)

--.--.--3 James Belford (1899-1899)

--.--.--3 Olive Belford (1903-1985)

--1 Richard Belford (1824-1865)[11] married[12] Marion Elizabeth Shannon (c1830-1877)[13]

--+--2 Richard Belford (1850-?)[14]

--+--2 Richard Belford (1850-?)[15]

--+--2 Eleanor Annie Belford (1852-1854)[16]

--+--2 James Shannon Belford (1854-?)[17]

--1 Charles Linton Belford (1827-1885) married Sarah Danks (1828-1880)

--1 William John Belford (1830-1911) married Martha Bergen (1855-1932)

--.--2 Ellen Belford (1875-?)

--.--2 Robert James Belford (1877-?)

--.--2 Annie Belford (1879-1880)

--.--2 Henry Belford (1880-1891)

--1 Thomas Belford (1832-?)

--1 Jacobus Belford (1833-1838)

See also

Notes


There is a Belford Street, in the Eureka Street Precinct. Was this named for Richard Belford? The City of Ballarat Roads & Open Space Historical Index indicates this is likely.

References

  1. ↑ The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Friday 2 July 1858, page 2.
  2. ↑ Research by Neil Leckie, contributed 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ The Third Annual Report of the Committee of Management of the Ballarat District Hospital... Ballarat: Evans Brothers, 1860. http://bhsdigitalrepository.bhs.org.au/bhsjspui/bitstream/11054/879/1/Ballarat%20District%20Hospital%20annual%20report%201859.pdf.
  4. ↑ Morrison, Allan A. "Some Aspects of Queensland Provincial Journalism." Paper presented to a meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland 24 July 1952, page 706. Accessed October 27, 2016, https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:212993/s18378366_1952_4_5_702.pdf.
  5. ↑ The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 29 April 1865, page 5.
  6. ↑ The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 29 April 1865, page 4.
  7. ↑ Contributed by Neil Leckie 28 January 2023.
  8. ↑ born c1797 Newton Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died 29/09/1842 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  9. ↑ c1819 Newton Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  10. ↑ 1800 Newton Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died 28/05/1866 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; father James Linton
  11. ↑ born Londonderry, Ireland; died 28/04/1865, Queensland Reg#B2294
  12. ↑ 1848 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  13. ↑ father James Shannon, mother Ellen Corbett; died 15/09/1877 Brisbane Qld Ref#B11675; alternatively recorded as Mary Ann Shannon (c1826-?)
  14. ↑ born 1850 Vic Reg#4472 mother Anne Mary
  15. ↑ born 1850 Vic Reg#43093
  16. ↑ born 1852 Vic Reg#6638 mother Anne Mary died 1854 Vic Reg#1019 as Elinor Amy Belford
  17. ↑ born 1854 Vic Reg#3864

Further Reading

External links

Individual sheet on Bradley's of South Derry website - http://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?lang=en&p=richard&n=belford

--Beth Kicinski 08:39, 27 October 2016 (AEDT)

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