Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808 - 1892)

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Biography

Thos, son of Wm Becket & Sarah Becket, was baptised on 25 October 1808 in St James, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, England.^[1][2] He was the son of William A'Beckett and Sarah Abbott.

On the 28th of August 1834 at Brighton in Sussex England he married Eliza Stuckey. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

In 1851 he applied for admission as Attorney Solicitor and Proctor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip.^[3]

On the 17th of November 1855 at Collingwood in the the Colony of Victoria he married Laura Jane Stuckey, and they had no children.

Thomas (age 47), widower, son of William A Beckett & Sarah Abbott, married Laura Jane Stuckey on 17 November 1855.^[4]

In 1890 A'Beckett was said to be residing at Walmer House, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia.^[5]

Thomas Turner a'Beckett was an English born Australia lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria. He served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1858-78.

Thomas a'Beckett retired from the Legislative Council in August 1878 and from all public duties in 1887, at the age of 79 years. He died in Brighton, Victoria, on 1 July 1892 at the age of 83 and is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery, Melbourne City, Victoria. He survived all of his siblings, including his equally notable brother Sir William a'Beckett the one time Chief Justice of the Victorian Colony.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812", London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DL/T/090/004, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1624 #10570232 (accessed 1 April 2024), Thos T Becket baptism on 25 Oct 1808, son of Wm Becket & Sarah Becket, in St James, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
2. ↑ Obituary: Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917) 4 July 1892: 3. Web. 25 Aug 2020
3. ↑ 1851 'Advertising', The Melbourne Daily News (Vic. : 1848 - 1851), 28 March, p. 2. , viewed 13 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226518704

   NOTICE is hereby given that I, THOMAS TURNER a'BECKETT, late of No. 7, Golden Square, in the City of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, in England, but now of No. 174 Flinders-lane, in the City of Melbourne, in the District of Port Phillip and Colony of New South Wales, one of the Attornies of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster, and a Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery in England aforesaid intend to apply to His Honor the Resident Judge on the last day of this present Term to be admitted as Attorney Solicitor and Proctor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip, Dated this Twenty-fourth day of of March, 1851.

   THOS. T. a'BECKETT.

4. ↑ Marriage: "Victoria, Australia, St. Peter's Eastern Hill, Marriages, 1848-1955", Description: Series 02, Register 1855-1856; Reference Number: M2/3, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 9732 #8616 (accessed 1 April 2024), Thomas Turner A'Beckett (47) marriage to Laura Jane Stuckey on 17 Nov 1855.
5. ↑ 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. London, England: Kelly & Co.

See also:

• Death: Digger Victorian Federation index cdrom; F= William, M= Sarah Abbott

• Obituary: The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 2 July 1892: 25. Web. 25 Aug 2020

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 February 2023), memorial page for Thomas Turner A'Beckett (13 Sep 1808–1 Jul 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #193177063, citing Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tony M. (contributor 48299134).

• Thomas Turner a Beckett from the RE-MEMBER (FORMER MEMBERS) page of the Parliament of Victoria website.

• Betty Malone, à Beckett, Thomas Turner (1808–1892), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/a-beckett-thomas-turner-2861/text4075, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 17 February 2023.

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: ABECKETT, Thomas Turner - event: Marriage - spouse: STUCKEY, Laura Jane - registration year: 1855 - registration no. 2990/1855. first accessed online on the 18th of February, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: ABECKETT, Thos Turner - event: Death - mother: Sarah ABBOTT - father: <Unknown Family Name>, Wm. - place of death: Brighton - spouse at death: <Unknown Family Name> - age at death: 83 - registration year: 1892 - registration no. 9320/1892. first accessed online on the 18th of February, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

Further Reading

• Thomas Turner à Beckett from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 17th of February, 2023 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Turner_%C3%A0_Beckett

• à Beckett, Thomas Turner (1808–1892), Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/a-beckett-thomas-turner-2861/text24085, accessed 17 February 2023.

• MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. No. XI. THE HON. THOMAS TURNER A'BECKETT. from the Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) of Thursday 5 May 1870, Page 4. first accessed on TROVE on the 17th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174540084?searchTerm=%22Thomas%20Turner%20a%27Beckett%22