Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860

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Epithet: Commander; RN; KH; formerly Superintendent at Norfolk Island

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Alexander Maconochie was born in February 1787 in Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Navy in 1805 serving in the West Indies. He retired as Captain in 1855. Maconochie accompanied Sir John Franklin to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) as private secretary but was dismissed in 1838. He served a superintendent of the penal colony on Norfolk Island between 1840-1844. He died in Morden Surrey in October 1860

From the guide to the Alexander Maconochie collection, 1848, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)

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associatedWith Back George 1796-1878 person
associatedWith Franklin Jane 1792-1875 person
associatedWith Franklin John 1786-1847 person
associatedWith Hall, James Lincoln. person
associatedWith Maconochie Alexander 1787-1860 person
associatedWith Ripon, Frederich John Robinson 1st Earl of Ripon., 1782-1859. person
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
United States of America
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Birmingham, Warwickshire
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Birth 1787-02-11

Death 1860-10-25

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