Samuel Bate - Singular Character 1776-1849 - Frank RM Bate |HCDJ|

Samuel Bate - Singular Character follows Samuel Bate (1776-1849) through London, Bengal, Hobart and Sydney, drawing on his original letters from 1801 onward. Appointed Deputy Judge Advocate for Van Diemen's Land in 1804 after leaving the Bengal army, Bate found the post legally powerless for years before the Colonial Office resolved the impasse, before a second colonial career followed in 1824 as Surveyor of Distilleries for New South Wales - a role that put him at odds with Sydney distiller Robert Cooper and ended in a drawn-out dispute with Governor Gipps over an unpaid informant's reward.

Frank RM Bate, a descendant of the family, traces Bate's two marriages, six children (two born at sea) and the generations that followed, drawing on family and archival records.

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BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover book with dustjacket
• Published 1987. Out of print.
• 200-pages, indexed

CONDITION

Used but generally good condition. The surface of the dustjacket is starting to crackle - see photo.

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