Thomas Bewes Strangways, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Bewes Strangways

Australian explorer

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1809

Place of Birth: Shapwick, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1859

Profession: politician, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Thomas Bewes Strangways

  • Thomas Bewes Strangways (23 July 1809 – 23 February 1859), generally called "Bewes Strangways" and "T.
  • Bewes Strangways", was an explorer, early settler and Colonial Secretary of South Australia. Strangways was the second son of late Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England.
  • He and his brother Giles E.
  • Strangways arrived in the new colony on HMS Buffalo with Governor John Hindmarsh and he was engaged to one of Hindmarsh's daughters.
  • However, they never married and Strangways later married Lavinia Albina née Fowler (c.
  • 1810 – 22 October 1883).
  • He sat on the Street Naming Committee, where Strangways Terrace, located in North Adelaide was named after him. In November 1837, Strangways, Young Bingham Hutchinson and a party explored the Fleurieu Peninsula and Lake Alexandrina region, searching for other outlets to the Southern Ocean.
  • In the process, they "discovered" Currency Creek, which they named after the whale boat they were using, the Currency Lass. He was the uncle of future South Australian Premier, Henry Strangways.
  • Giles E.
  • Strangways, (an associate of John Finnis and Charles Sturt in their pioneering cattle drive of 1838), was a brother. Strangways was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council and Colonial Secretary from 22 August 1837 to 12 July 1838.Strangways died in Glenelg, South Australia or St.
  • Leonard's on 23 February 1859, aged 49. His widow, an invalid, went to live with H.
  • B.
  • T.
  • Strangways, then with Mrs.
  • B.
  • Clark at Childers Street, North Adelaide in an arrangement which has the appearance of protective custody.
  • In 1865 her nephew, Mr.
  • C.
  • Fowler, a Miss Fowler, and a sister-in-law Mrs.
  • Lorimer, sought a writ of habeas corpus against them, claiming that her family and friends had been denied access to her.
  • As a result, Mrs.
  • Strangways was taken in Rounsevell's carriage to Mr.
  • Fowler's home "Elderslie" at Woodside, where she died some eighteen years later.

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