Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco | |
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Born | 17 January 1818 Plymouth Dock, Devon, England |
Died | 18 February 1898 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 80)
Resting place | St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria, Australia 37°51′40″S 145°00′06″E / 37.861099°S 145.001795°E |
Occupation(s) | Naval officer, police magistrate |
Employer(s) | Royal Navy, Colonial Government of Victoria |
Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth Emmett (1820–1863) Francis Emily Barker (1837–1907) |
Children | with Mary Elizabeth: Crawford Perry Bate Pasco (1854–1857) (twins) Pasco (1855–1855) Mary Isabel Penfold Pasco (1855–1893) Grace Pasco (1857–1857) () Pasco (1859–1859) Montague Gordon Charles Pasco (1860–1952) Frederick Claude Coote Pasco (1863–1955) [1] with Francis Emily: Emily Frances Pasco (1868–1939) Alice Josephine Pasco (1869–1920) William Henry Pasco (1871–1961) |
Parent(s) | Rear Admiral John Pasco Rebecca Penfold |
Relatives | son-in-law of Henry James Emmett[2] |
Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898)[3] was a Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century.[2]
There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:[2]
He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the Hong Kong Register suggesting that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P. & O. Co.) might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald.[4] and other Australian papers.[2]
In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the SS Chusan.[2]
And later in Victoria, Australia:[2]
Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.[7]
In 1885, he published Early exploration of Australia.[8] In 1897 he published A Roving Commission,[9] a vivid account of his naval life.
Crawford Pasco (1818–1898) was the youngest son of Rear Admiral John Pasco and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold.[2]
He was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Emmett, daughter of Henry James Emmett[10] and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, née Townsend, After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of Melbourne.[11]
There were 8 and 3 offspring respectively from his marriages.