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William (1) Bland

Family Name: Bland Variant Spellings:

Given Names: William (1)

DOB 5 November 1789
DOD 21 July 1868

Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: Sydney, NSW

Age at Death: 78

School:
University:

Qualifications:
Speciality: Naval surgeon

Other Occupations: Convict
Parliamentarian
Philanthropist

Spouse: Sarah Henry m.1817 and separated
Eliza Smeathman m.1846

Children:

Voyages: "Denmark Hill" arr. Hobart 1814
"Frederick" from Hobart arr. Sydney 14 July 1814

Came out as: Convict

Date Settled Aus: 1814
Date of Departure:

First Registered: 1839 NSW No.33
Off Register:

Addresses: India 1813
Sydney, NSW 1814 onwards

Positions Held: Surgeon's Mate, RN 1809
Surgeon RN 1812
Medical Officer, Castle Hill Asylum 1814
MLC NSW 1843-1848, 1849-1850, 1858-1861
For other positions see ADB

Publications: See Ford

Notes: Son of Dr. Robert Bland, London, and (presumably) brother of Rev. Robert Bland, author of Elements of Latin Hexameters etc.(ADB, Cyclopaedia of Biography)
When surgeon RN, convicted of murder Bombay 1813, transported to Sydney 1814, pardoned 1815
Imprisoned 12 months in 1818 for a publication offensive to the Governor
Successful private practitioner and politician NSW
There are numerous article-length biographies of him (most not listed here)

Acknowledgments:

References: Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Encyclopaedia
Dunlop NJ. Peep into the past. Medical Journal of Australia 1924;ii:471-6; 522-9
McIntosh AM. Life and times of William Bland. Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney, 1954:109-52
Lehane, R. Duelling surgeon, colonial patriot. Australian Scholarly Press 2011
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Ford E. Medical practice in early Sydney. Medical Journal of Australia 1955;ii:41-54
Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne
NSW Colonial Secretary Index website [convict Bombay transported on "Frederick", Surgeon RN, Surgeon Castle Hill Asylum, pardon 1815]
Cyclopaedia of Biography. London, 1858 [Rev Robert Bland b.1779 London, son of Dr. Robert Bland eminent physician, d. Leamington 1825, author of Elements of Latin Hexameters etc]
Navy List 1814 [William Bland, Surgeon 1 December 1812]

Portraits: Several portraits are held at the State Library of New South Wales and may be viewed online

Links to Pictures:

Other Links:

last updated 04-07-2019

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William (1) Bland
Family Name:	Bland	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	William (1)

DOB	5 November 1789	DOD	21 July 1868
Place of Birth:	London, England	Place of Death:	Sydney, NSW
Age at Death:	78

School:		University:
Qualifications:		Speciality:	Naval surgeon
Other Occupations:	Convict Parliamentarian Philanthropist

Spouse:	Sarah Henry m.1817 and separated Eliza Smeathman m.1846
Children:

Voyages:	"Denmark Hill" arr. Hobart 1814 "Frederick" from Hobart arr. Sydney 14 July 1814
Came out as:	Convict
Date Settled Aus:	1814	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1839 NSW No.33	Off Register:
Addresses:	India 1813 Sydney, NSW 1814 onwards

Positions Held:	Surgeon's Mate, RN 1809 Surgeon RN 1812 Medical Officer, Castle Hill Asylum 1814 MLC NSW 1843-1848, 1849-1850, 1858-1861 For other positions see ADB
Publications:	See Ford
Notes:	Son of Dr. Robert Bland, London, and (presumably) brother of Rev. Robert Bland, author of Elements of Latin Hexameters etc.(ADB, Cyclopaedia of Biography) When surgeon RN, convicted of murder Bombay 1813, transported to Sydney 1814, pardoned 1815 Imprisoned 12 months in 1818 for a publication offensive to the Governor Successful private practitioner and politician NSW There are numerous article-length biographies of him (most not listed here)
Acknowledgments:
References:	Australian Dictionary of Biography Australian Encyclopaedia Dunlop NJ. Peep into the past. Medical Journal of Australia 1924;ii:471-6; 522-9 McIntosh AM. Life and times of William Bland. Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney, 1954:109-52 Lehane, R. Duelling surgeon, colonial patriot. Australian Scholarly Press 2011 Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976 Ford E. Medical practice in early Sydney. Medical Journal of Australia 1955;ii:41-54 Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne NSW Colonial Secretary Index website [convict Bombay transported on "Frederick", Surgeon RN, Surgeon Castle Hill Asylum, pardon 1815] Cyclopaedia of Biography. London, 1858 [Rev Robert Bland b.1779 London, son of Dr. Robert Bland eminent physician, d. Leamington 1825, author of Elements of Latin Hexameters etc] Navy List 1814 [William Bland, Surgeon 1 December 1812]
Portraits:	Several portraits are held at the State Library of New South Wales and may be viewed online
Links to Pictures:
Other Links:
	last updated 04-07-2019