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Arthur Annesley West
Family Name: West  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Arthur Annesley
DOB 14 June 1848
DOD 28 June 1885 
Place of Birth: Ardenode, Kildare, Ireland
Place of Death: Ermington, NSW 
Age at Death: 37
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MB TCD 1869
LM Dublin 1869
MD Dublin 1877
ChM Dublin 1877
FRCS Ireland 1877
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Parker m.1872 Sydney, NSW
Children: Elizabeth Charlotte b.1873 NSW
George White b.1877 Ireland
William Parker b.1878
Emily Parker b.1879
Arthur Annesley b.1883
Voyages: "Strathnaver" from London arr. Sydney 5 March 1871
  • "Alexandra" from Sydney arr. Melbourne 12 January 1877
  • "Kent" dep. Melbourne for London 17 January 1877
  • "Chimborazo" from London arr. Jervis Bay 16 March 1878
  • "Adela" from Jervis Bay arr. Sydney 16 March 1878
  • Came out as:  
    Date Settled Aus: 1870
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1871 NSW
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Ardenode, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland 1870 (Med. Register)
  • Raymond Terrace NSW 1872-1877 (Maitland Mercury)
  • Ireland 1877 (shipping record, birth, qualifications)
  • Sydney, NSW 1878 onwards (shipping record etc)
  • Positions Held: Honorary Physician Sydney Infirmary 1879-1881 (Watson)
  • Member Central Board of Health, NSW (Bruck)
  • Publications:
    Notes: He was in practice with this brother William Augustus West (first reg NSW 1881) at Glebe
  • His father was George White West, barrister, of Kildare, Ireland
  • His mother was Georgiana Annesley the grand-daughter of the 2nd Earl of Annesley, Richard Annesley
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated with information supplied by Mitchell Adams of Belmont, NSW in February 2004 and in June 2006
    References: New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1872 [registered 1871 Raymond Terrace MB TC Dublin 1869, LM Dublin 1869]
  • Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1871 [Arthur Annesley West, Ardenode, Newbridge, County Kildare, MB Dublin 1869 registered 1 April 1870]
  • Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [Glebe MB LM 1869 MA MD ChM 1877 FRCSI 1877 etc]
  • Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1886 [obituary]
  • Watson JF. History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911. Sydney, 1911
  • "Strathnaver" 1871. Mariners and ships in Australian Waters website [Arthur Annesley West Surgeon aged 22 from Kildare]
  • Raymond Terrace. Maitland Mercury 13 January 1877 [presentation to Dr. A. A. West prior to his departure for Europe]
  • Shipping intelligence. Australasian (Melbourne) 13 January 1877 [Dr West, Mrs West and child on "Alexandra" from Sydney]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 18 January 1877 [Dr and Mrs West and Miss West on "Kent" for London]
  • Births. Sydney Morning Herald 22 September 1877 [at Ardenode, Ireland, wife of Dr. A. A. West late of Raymond Terrace of a son]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 12 March 1878 [Dr. and Mrs West, family and servant, on "Chimborazo" from London]
  • Stranding of the "Chimborazo". Argus (Melbourne) 16 March 1878 [struck rocks in fog off Jervis Bay, passengers for Sydney to be transhipped]
  • Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 18 March 1878 [Dr and Mrs West 2 children and servant on "Adela", transhipped from "Chimborazo"]
  • Portraits:
    Links to Pictures:  
    Other Links:
    Image 1: Dr. Arthur Annesley West in about 1872 (by courtesy of Mitchall Adams)
    Image 2: Mary Elizabeth West and children in about 1879 (by courtesy of Mitchall Adams)

    last updated 25-05-2019

     
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