Hi,
Yes Ernest August Slade was a bit of a ladies man!SLADE, ERNEST AUGUSTUS (1805-1878), superintendent of convict barracks Sydney and police magistrate, was born on 30 June 1805, the son of
General Sir John Slade (1762-1859), baronet, and his first wife Anna Eliza, née Dawson. His father distinguished himself during the peninsular war at the battles of Busaco and Fuentes de Onoro and received the thanks of parliament and a gold medal for his services. Slade was an unruly and extravagant youth and his father hastened to get him into the army so that he would be under discipline and preferably out of England. A commission was bought for him for £450 and he joined the 54th Regiment as an ensign on 1 August 1822 and was promoted lieutenant in May 1825; in 1828 he transferred to the 40th Regiment and saw service in the Australian colonies and India. He retired from the army in 1831 and returned, to New South Wales in 1832 with a letter of introduction from the Colonial Office to Governor Bourke expressing the wish that he be placed in any office which happened to be vacant when He arrived. In February 1833 Bourke appointed Slade superintendent of the convict barracks at Hyde Park with a residence within the barracks and a salary of £150; next October he was appointed also to the part- time office of third police magistrate for Sydney for which he received an additional £100 a year. He held these appointments until 1 November 1834 when he became involved in court proceedings, which received wide publicity. Because of the scandal to which these proceedings gave rise, Bourke told him that he could no longer hold his appointments; he was allowed to resign. Slade complained to the Colonial Office that he had been summarily and unjustly dismissed from his appointments; he admitted the irregularity of his own
domestic establishment, but alleged in extenuation that many of the most respectable and useful justices of the peace of the colony were living in a state of concubinage with female servants. So he was well connected in high society so the latest Baronet tells although he thought that he was destitute and running from his creditors hence being in France! But his will states other wise as he left over $8000 pounds.
He is a very interesting subject, I have just obtained picture of him,showing a tall, handsome man with a melancholy expression on his face, clever, no doubt, but lacking in mental and moral vigour” Yes where is Brol France??? I have seen that entry as well! It seem's that Augustus and Augusta, Ernestina, Sarah Grant-Watson (nee Slade) must of known each other quiet well as he Augustus left all his worldly processions to her and her children. Where as the two other sibs of Ernest Augustus Salde who were in Australia it is unknown if they were aware of each other! As were the Slade in England untill i became aware of my GGG Grandfathers history.
Any thing you can add would be great.
Thanks,
Fran
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