Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameEdmund William Pollen Boileau 
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29Birth183115
Death188315
FatherSir John Peter (iv) Boileau Bart. (1794-1869)
Notes for Edmund William Pollen Boileau
The bad apple, according to Chadwick.799 Disappeared off to Australia at a relatively young age, and was not seen by the family again.
BBB15 says:
“b 1831, probably at Thursford Hall, Norfolk. Joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1846, and served in the frigate 'Raleigh' in the Western Approaches, and from 1846 to 1850 was on the South American station. He gave his father a great deal of trouble with his wild ways, running into debt and drinking heavily. He was only kept on in the Navy through his father's influence and string-pulling, but after failing his professional examinations he was finally discharged in 1854.
His father tried in various ways to reform him, finally sending him to Australia to sink or swim with an allowance of £5 a month as long as he stayed there. He never returned home. His occasional letters generally indicated more trouble, but in the end he seems to have made good. He was drowned in Corlo Bay, Victoria, in 1883.
He m 1870, Bridget, dau of James Walsh, and had issue : Francis James, Noel Gilbert Elliott, John Peter viii, Edmund Charles and Catherine Theresa.”
Again from BBB:
“Edmund joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the age of 15, but was in constant trouble, ran into debt, failed to pass the required examinations and was only retained for eight years through his father using whatever influence he had. When that came to an end Edmund was sent out to Australia to make his own way on a small allowance. He never returned home. He is heard of from time to time in his father's diary, generally as in some sort of trouble not stated, for the next fourteen years. Then he married, and his descendants in the second (now Australian) branch of the family have prospered, and the baronetcy has passed to them.”
BBB15 says:
“b 1831, probably at Thursford Hall, Norfolk. Joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1846, and served in the frigate 'Raleigh' in the Western Approaches, and from 1846 to 1850 was on the South American station. He gave his father a great deal of trouble with his wild ways, running into debt and drinking heavily. He was only kept on in the Navy through his father's influence and string-pulling, but after failing his professional examinations he was finally discharged in 1854.
His father tried in various ways to reform him, finally sending him to Australia to sink or swim with an allowance of £5 a month as long as he stayed there. He never returned home. His occasional letters generally indicated more trouble, but in the end he seems to have made good. He was drowned in Corlo Bay, Victoria, in 1883.
He m 1870, Bridget, dau of James Walsh, and had issue : Francis James, Noel Gilbert Elliott, John Peter viii, Edmund Charles and Catherine Theresa.”
Again from BBB:
“Edmund joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the age of 15, but was in constant trouble, ran into debt, failed to pass the required examinations and was only retained for eight years through his father using whatever influence he had. When that came to an end Edmund was sent out to Australia to make his own way on a small allowance. He never returned home. He is heard of from time to time in his father's diary, generally as in some sort of trouble not stated, for the next fourteen years. Then he married, and his descendants in the second (now Australian) branch of the family have prospered, and the baronetcy has passed to them.”