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Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco (17 January 1818 – 28 February 1898)〔John William Linzee: ''The Lindeseie and Limesi families of Great Britain: including the probates at Somerset house, London, England, of all the spellings of the name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800'' Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1917.〕 was a Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century.〔 ==Career== There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:〔 *He joined aged 12 years, in 1794 and served on: * including the 1832 blockade of the Scheldt during the Portuguese Civil War, and the 1833 Siege of Porto on * and 1834–37 stationed chiefly off Peru and Chile * 1838 under Lieutenant Owen Stanley and sailed to Port Essington to prepare a settlement * 1839 under John Clements Wickham, then under John Lort Stokes, engaged in surveying parts of Australia's northern and western coasts, discovering in particular the Adelaide River, the future port of Darwin and the Victoria River *Colonial cutter ''Vansittart'' 1842 for survey work in Bass Strait *1843 returned to England and appointed to sailed via America to the Far East, South Africa, Van Diemen's Land and thence to Canton and Singapore with two million dollars, reparation from the Opium War. He sailed for Penang, subdued a rebellious rajah in Borneo, and then visited the Philippines *the paddle-steamer surveying the Canton River and then the Palawan Island area, with renewed contact with Borneo rebels *1851 returned to England on leave because of illness *retired from the navy he settled in Victoria He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the ''Hong Kong Register'' suggesting that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P. & O. Co.) might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald. and other Australian papers.〔 In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the .〔 And later in Victoria, Australia:〔 *1852 appointed a territorial magistrate, superintendent of water police and resident magistrate at Williamstown After repeated clashes with officers of the hulks, following a board of inquiry, in 1857 he was transferred to Swan Hill *later he was magistrate at Maryborough, Port Albert and Alexandra *with many other magistrates he was dismissed on 24 January 1878. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crawford Pasco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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