Henry James Emmett

Henry James Emmett
Born(1782-11-01)1 November 1782
Westminster, London, England
Died28 December 1848(1848-12-28) (aged 66)
New Town, Tasmania, Australia
Resting placeSt John's, New Town, Tasmania
42°51′17″S 147°17′50″E / 42.854701°S 147.297280°E / -42.854701; 147.297280
Occupation(s)Public administration, farmer, teacher
Employer(s)War Office, Colonial administration of Van Diemen's Land
SpouseMary Thompson nee Townsend (1779–1856)
ChildrenHenry James Emmett (1809–1881),[1] Phillip George Emmett (1810–1871), John Kenworthy Emmett (1812–1812), Thomas Spencer Emmett (1812–1813), George Grindal Emmett (1813–1850), Hamilton Cornwall Emmett (1815–1894), Edward Nucella Emmett (1817–1874), Skelton Buckley Emmett (1818–1898), Mary Elizabeth Emmett (1820–1863),[2] Grace West Emmett (1822–1900), William Abbott Emmett (1823–1915)
Parent(s)Henry Emmett of London and Grace West, nee Taylor
RelativesFather-in-law of Crawford Pasco[3]

Henry James Emmett (1782–1848) was an English born public servant. He was in the War Office in England for seven years before emigrating to Van Diemen's Land in 1819 where he filled a number of roles in government.[4] He and his family travelled on the Regalia a private merchant ship, arriving on 30 November 1819.[5]

  1. ^ "OBITUARY". Launceston Examiner. Tas. 28 December 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 19 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ She was the first wife of Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco, (1818–1898), son of Rear Admiral John Pasco
  3. ^ Moore, Michael T. (1975). "Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman (1818–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ^ Emmett, Evelyn Temple (1966). "Emmett, Henry James (1783–1848)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  5. ^ "HOBART TOWN". The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter. Vol. IV, no. 185. Tasmania, Australia. 4 December 1819. p. 1 (Supplement to the Hobart Town Gazette). Retrieved 19 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.