Arthur Wilcox Manning

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann who writes:
Arthur Wilcox Manning was the fourth son of John Edye Manning, who had arrived in Sydney in 1828 to become the registrar of the Supreme Court. At the age of 21, Arthur Manning left England with his bride for a new life together in New South Wales. He had originally planned to study for the Church of England Ministry but decided that his epilepsy would be a disadvantage. He went on to have a distinguished career as a government official in New South Wales and Queensland.
In his journal, Manning provides a revealing record of life on an emigrant ship from the perspective of a cultivated first class passenger. He writes about the friction between the different classes of passengers and the difficulties faced by everyone on board: illness, death, overcrowding and the shortage of provisions which necessitated a four-day stop at Cape Town. He discusses the personalities of the officers and crew, sectarian conflicts and misrepresentations of the emigration agent. He vividly describes incidents such as a mutinous sailor threatening the captain, Thomas Surflen, waking to find his face covered with cockroaches, sighting a corpse floating past the ship, burials at sea, a threatened duel, thefts from the hold and discovering an albatross on deck with a message on a leather collar. The journal also contains a plan of the vessel with a key, a compass card diagram, a list of passengers and officers, a list of deaths, a chart of the anchorage at the Cape, a daily chronology of latitude and longitude and two pages of coloured illustrations of flags and signals. Another feature is Manning`s one-page letter of introduction to the `Reader` in which he makes it clear that he has publication in mind.
The Sydney Gazette noted the arrival of the Earl Grey in two notices on 27 February 1840. The ship arrived on Tuesday, the Gazette reported, with 218 Bounty emigrants from London. Nine adults died during the passage, one by accident, and one from rheumatic fever, one apoplexy, and six from fever; there was only one birth. The remainder are in perfect health.
Attempted Assassination - 1868
The Bulletin 16th October 1913 - A.W. Manning was Under Secretary in The Chief Secretary`s Office in Queensland in 1868 when he was assaulted with a tomahawk by a suspended C.P.S. The C.P.S. got penal servitude for life. Manning three months later got a pension of £600 a year. Everyone believed that he had retired to die, but he lived for another 32 years.

• connection. Margaret McKinney (nee Aylmer) 's extremely convoluted connection to Robert is as follows:

Margaret Aylmer (1944) married Neville McKinney (1940)
Her father was Ernest Aylmer (1921)
His father was Justin Aylmer (1893)
His father was Percy Aylmer (1865) who married Eliza Haddon (1867)
Her father was William Haddon (1836) who married Eliza Morris (1846)
Her father was Henry Morris (1813) & he also had Emily Morris (1862) who married Richard Moxon (1860)
His father was William Moxon (1839)
His father was Richard Moxon (c1820)
His father was William Moxon (c1798) & he also had Henry Moxon (1831)
He had Charles Moxon (1860) who married Mary Clarke (1863)
Her father was Joseph Clarke (1829) & he also had Joseph Clarke (1865)
He had Eric Clarke (1899) who married Daphne Andrews (1906)
Her father was George Andrews (1881) who married Emily Cann (1879)
Her father was David Cann (1848) who married Anne William s (1848)
Her father was John Williams (1814) & he also had John Williams (1842) who married Elizabeth Irwin (1839)
Her father was James Irwin (1804)
His father was James Irwin (c1776)
His father was George Irwin (c1750) & he also had Thomas Irwin (c1775)
He had John Irwin (1803)
He had Robert Irwin (1844)
He had Ethel Irwin (1881) who married Edward Stanton (1879)
He had Ruby Stanton (1912) who married Norman Cook (1905)
His father was William Cook (1878)
His father was Joseph Cook (1851) & he also had Dorothy Cook (1898( who married George Suttie (1889)
His father was Thomas Suttie (1859)
His father was George Suttie (1830)
His father was George Suttie (1774)
His father was George Suttie (1715) & he also had James Suttie (1759)
He had George Suttie (1797)
He had James Suttie (1830)
He had Susan Suttie (1859) who married John Dalrymple (1848)
He had John Dalrymple (1879)
He had John Dalrymple (1906)
He had Michael Dalrymple (1965) who married Harriet Buxton (1962)
Her mother was Jocelyn Buxton (1924)
Her father was Roden Buxton (1890)
His father was Thomas Buxton (1865)
His father was Thomas Buxton (1837)
His father was Edward Buxton (1812) who married Catherine Gurney (1813)
Her father was Samuel Gurney (1786)
His father as John Gurney (1749) & he also had Hannah Gurney (1783) who married Thomas Buxton (1786)
They had Charles Buxton (1822) who married Emily Holland (1824)
Her father was Henry Holland (1788) who married Margaret Caldwell (1792)
Her father was James Caldwell (1754) & he also had Anne Caldwell (1791) who married Arthur Marsh (1786)
His father was William Marsh (1755)
His father was George Marsh (1683) & he also had Milbourne Marsh (1709)
He had John Marsh (1746)
He had Frances Marsh (who died in 1889) & who married George Wise (1814)
His father was Edward Wise (1787) & he also had Emily Wise (1815) who married William Manning (1811)
They had Edward Manning (1841) who married Anne Powell (1846)
Her father was William Powell (1799) & he also had Maurice Powell (1838) who married Florence Manning (1842)
Her father was William Manning (1808)
His father was William Manning (1778)
His father was Rev James Manning (1754) & he also had John Manning (1783)
He had Arthur Manning (1819)
He had Frances Manning (1841) who married Walter McClintock (1836) They had Frances McClintock (1867) who married Francis Ridley (1860) They had Grace Ridley (1897) who married Andrew Badgery (1888)
His father was Andrew Badgery (1838)
His father was Henry Badgery (1803)
He had Francis Badgery (1852)
He had Ruby Badgery (1853) who married Thomas Yeo (1889)
His father was James Yeo (1857) who married Mary Yeo (1860)
Her father was George Yeo (1833) & he also had George Yeo (1861)
He had Frederick Yeo (1900) who married Ruby Guiver (1903)
Her father was Henry Guiver (1854)
His father was Joseph Guiver (1815) who married Eliza Rich (1819)
Her father was John Rich (1791) & he also had Charles Rich (1817)
He had Matilda Rich (1856) who married Martin Kenny (1849)
They had Catherine Kenny (1893) who married Charles Cook (1889)
His father was William Cook (1845)
His father was John Cook (c1812)
His father was Samuel Cook (c1776) & he also had Benjamin Cook (c1808) He had Samuel Cook (1851)
He had Carolyn Cook who married Thomas Eavis (c1874)
His father was Jacob Eavis (c1840) His father was Thomas Eavis (c1797) & he also had Henry Eavis (c1826)
He had John Eavis (c1867)
He had Lilian Eavis (c1899) who married Percy Bailey (c1897)
They had Pamela Bailey (1925) who married Stanley Ward (1921)
His father was John Ward (1882) who married Ethel Bowen (1891)
Her father was George Bowen (1855)
His father was James Bowden (1819) who married Hannah Loveday (c1813)
Her father was Thomas Loveday (c1779) who married Elizabeth Blackburn (1776)
Her father was Henry Blackburn (c1744) and he also had Barnabus Blackburn (1786)
He had Sarah Blackburn (1820) who married William Aldous (1820)
His father was Zephania Aldous (1778) & he also had Amelia Aldous (1818) who married James Peck (1820)
They had Charlotte Peck (1843) who married James Dawes (1843)
They had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred (1920)
He had Robert Arthur (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies)
(1950)

• connection. Vicki Harris' connection to Robert is as follows:
Vicki Harris (c1960)
Her father is William Harris (c1930)
His father was William Harris (1890)
His father was Christopher Harris (1823) who married Alice Manning (1846)
Her father was Arthur Manning (1819) & he also had Frances Manning (1841) who married Walter McClintock (1836)
They had Frances McClintock (1867) who married Francis Ridley (1860) They had Grace Ridley (1897) who married Andrew Badgery (1888)
His father was Andrew Badgery (1838)
His father was Henry Badgery (1803)
He had Francis Badgery (1852)
He had Ruby Badgery (1853) who married Thomas Yeo (1889)
His father was James Yeo (1857) who married Mary Yeo (1860)
Her father was George Yeo (1833) & he also had George Yeo (1861)
He had Frederick Yeo (1900) who married Ruby Guiver (1903)
Her father was Henry Guiver (1854)
His father was Joseph Guiver (1815) who married Eliza Rich (1819)
Her father was John Rich (1791) & he also had Charles Rich (1817)
He had Matilda Rich (1856) who married Martin Kenny (1849)
They had Catherine Kenny (1893) who married Charles Cook (1889)
His father was William Cook (1845)
His father was John Cook (c1812)
His father was Samuel Cook (c1776) & he also had Benjamin Cook (c1808) He had Samuel Cook (1851)
He had Carolyn Cook who married Thomas Eavis (c1874)
His father was Jacob Eavis (c1840) His father was Thomas Eavis (c1797) & he also had Henry Eavis (c1826)
He had John Eavis (c1867)
He had Lilian Eavis (c1899) who married Percy Bailey (c1897)
They had Pamela Bailey (1925) who married Stanley Ward (1921)
His father was John Ward (1882) who married Ethel Bowen (1891)
Her father was George Bowen (1855)
His father was James Bowden (1819) who married Hannah Loveday (c1813)
Her father was Thomas Loveday (c1779) who married Elizabeth Blackburn (1776)
Her father was Henry Blackburn (c1744) and he also had Barnabus Blackburn (1786)
He had Sarah Blackburn (1820) who married William Aldous (1820)
His father was Zephania Aldous (1778) & he also had Amelia Aldous (1818) who married James Peck (1820)
They had Charlotte Peck (1843) who married James Dawes (1843)
They had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred (1920)
He had Robert Arthur (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies)
(1950)

• Occupation: commisisoner of crown lands. ³⁴²

Arthur married Frances Maria Luke, daughter of John Luke and Bridget Delia Rochford, in Sep 1839. (Frances Maria Luke was born in 1813 in Exeter, Devon England, christened on 14 Mar 1813 in St Olave, Exeter. Devonshire England, died on 22 Sep 1841 in Brisbane Waters, Gosford, NSW Australia and was buried on 24 Sep 1841 in Petersham, Sydney, NSW Australia.)

Arthur next married Hester Donovan, daughter of Richard Donovan and Anne Downes, on 16 Apr 1845. (Hester Donovan was born in 1823 in County Cork, Ireland UK, died on 6 Oct 1913 in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 8 Oct 1913 in Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW Australia.)