Cowes
Customs Staff 1839 - 1922
Transcribed
from the Ages and Capabilities Book
Book is held
in the National Archives, Ref: CUST 61/179
Note: This was transcribed
some time ago on a 10 year sample basis. Fuller details are shown in the
Alphabetical List of Officers. I am not intending to update
this list, but if you have any queries please contact me.
The
Ages and Capabilities book was completed by the Collector at the end of
each year (although in the earlier years it was actually the beginning of
the following year). It contained details of all staff employed at the
port, together with their previous service and a brief report on their
performance for the year, a lesser version of current day annual reports.
It was signed by the Collector. In only contains details of Established
(full time staff). Extramen or part time staff are not included.
This
extract includes only the names, positions starting date and age of staff,
promotions and previous service are not included. It is completed to the
best of my ability, but I cannot be responsible for errors. Italics indicate
some uncertainty.
Ages
are those at the end of the year in which they were appointed, with the
exception of those marked * which are at the beginning of 1840.
Name |
Position |
Date of
Appointment |
Age |
|
Ambrose
Foote |
Collector |
20 December
1834 |
39* |
|
William
Smith |
Collectors Clerk |
10 December
1801 |
61* |
|
Richard
Estwick |
Comptroller |
February 1827 |
57* |
|
James
Alford |
Landing Officer |
10 January
1805 |
64* |
|
David
Chapman |
Landing Waiter, Searcher
and Tide Surveyor |
28 July 1834 |
53* |
|
William
Upward |
Coast Waiter, Newport |
31 August
1837 |
30* |
|
John
Alford |
Coast Waiter, Yarmouth |
17 September
1831 |
40* |
|
Robert
Lydale |
Coast Waiter, Ryde |
3 October
1816 |
64* |
|
John
Ralph |
Tide Waiter |
20 October
1810 |
59* |
|
Samuel
Lockhart |
Tide Waiter |
17 July 1837 |
24* |
|
John
Cashen |
Tide Waiter |
11 August
1812 |
54* |
|
George
Baker |
Deceased 20 July 1839 |
|
|
|
George
Draper Leale |
Tide Waiter |
26 September
1839 |
25* |
|
Richard
Baker |
Tide Waiter |
16 December
1819 |
61* |
|
James
Ralph |
Tide Waiter |
12 September
1835 |
31* |
|
Jacob
Leale |
Boatman |
2 September
1814 |
57* |
|
William
King |
Boatman |
4 February
1836 |
28* |
|
James
Gregory |
Acting Tidewaiter |
6 July 1834 |
37* |
|
Henry
Cake |
Boatman |
27 March 1835 |
37* |
|
James
Francis Moire Hodder |
Collector and Jerquer |
5 February
1842 |
41 |
Note 1 |
John
Potter |
Searcher, Landing and
Coast Waiter |
1 November
1842 |
46 |
|
Thomas
Hanley |
Tide Surveyor |
30 January
1845 |
42 |
|
Charles
Burridge |
Clerk Long Room |
3 February
1845 |
18 |
|
William
Lashman |
Boatman |
12 May 1845 |
45 |
|
George
John Lester Gerrett |
Boatman |
14 July 1845 |
28 |
|
George
Watts |
Tide Waiter |
23 October
1845 |
28 |
|
Charles
Saunders |
Tide Waiter |
19 November
1845 |
24 |
|
William
Wheeler |
Searcher, Landing and
Coast Waiter |
23 March 1846 |
29 |
|
Alfred
Cole |
Principal Coast Officer,
Newport |
25 May 1846 |
21 |
|
Henry
Atkey |
Principal Coast Officer,
Ryde |
26 June 1846 |
24 |
|
George
Steer King |
Tide Waiter |
19 August
1846 |
27 |
|
George
Legg |
Boatman |
23 August
1847 |
27 |
|
Edward
Morgan |
Tide Surveyor |
30 November
1847 |
35 |
|
Frederick
James Mayne |
Tide Waiter |
14 December
1847 |
32 |
|
William
Pinchen Skinner |
Tide Surveyor |
7 November
1848 |
40 |
|
George
John Baumback |
Comptroller and Land
Surveyor |
2 December
1848 |
47 |
|
Henry
James Clark |
Collector and Jerquer |
2 April 1849 |
58 |
Note 1 |
George
Cook |
Boatman |
29 August
1849 |
44 |
|
Edward
H Cuthbertson |
Tide Surveyor |
22 November
1849 |
34 |
|
Fitzherbert
Murray McQueen |
Clerk and Landing Waiter |
13 August
1851 |
23 |
|
Charles
Mogg |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
24 December
1852 |
24 |
|
George
Barwick |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
11 April 1853 |
29 |
|
John
Leonard Farrow |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
17 December
1853 |
26 |
|
William
Forrester |
Tide Surveyor |
21 April 1854 |
39 |
|
Henry
William Thompson |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
13 December
1854 |
29 |
|
Tulloch |
Comptroller and Land
Surveyor |
N/K (after
1January 1855) |
N/K |
Note 2 |
William
Dear |
Comptroller and Land
Surveyor |
10 January
1856 |
41 |
Note 3 |
William
Vaughan |
Tide Surveyor |
11 February
1856 |
36 |
|
Thomas
Hollis |
Clerk and Searcher |
1 April 1856 |
29 |
|
Robert
Bobbitt |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
26 June 1856 |
51 |
|
Thomas
Love |
Collector |
10 November
1857 |
64 |
|
William
G Duke |
Tide Waiter and Boatman |
16 January
1858 |
58 |
|
William
Ward |
Tide Surveyor |
6 August 1860 |
40 |
|
William
Dear |
Collector and Jerquer |
8
August 1860 |
45 |
Notes 1 & 3 |
Thomas
Windus |
Assistant Examining
Officer |
4 September
1863 |
52 |
|
William
Parsons Scovell |
Outdoor Officer |
13 June 1866 |
22 |
|
William
Edward White |
Outdoor Officer |
24 November
1868 |
21 |
On Probation |
William
Henry Holmes |
Collector and Surveyor |
25 September
1872 |
39 |
|
William
Thomas Stokes |
Outdoor Officer |
27 May 1874 |
29 |
|
Edward
Southcott |
Examining Officer |
20 November
1875 |
47 |
|
Robert
Henderson |
Collector and Surveyor |
21 August
1877 |
35 |
|
William
Innis |
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
4 March 1879 |
33 |
Note
4 |
Henry
Christopher Manners |
Collector and Surveyor |
19 March 1880 |
36 |
|
Samuel
Carey Morton Drudge |
Boatman, 2nd Class |
11 May 1881 |
20 |
|
Henry
Charles Waddon Smale |
Temporary Copyist |
11 November
1881 |
28 |
|
Alfred
Smith |
Clerk 2nd Class and
Examining Officer |
3 May 1882 |
41 |
|
Frederick
John Parsons |
Boatman, 2nd Class |
27 October
1885 |
24 |
On Probation |
Samuel
Rees |
Clerk 2nd Class and
Examining Officer |
30 March 1886 |
43 |
|
Wallace
C Caws |
Boatman, 2nd Class |
27 September
1886 |
29 |
|
Edward
Corby |
Collector and Surveyor |
27 October
1886 |
42 |
|
Theodore
Wood |
Examining Officer, 2nd
Class |
11 August
1887 |
31 |
|
George
Arnold |
Boatman, 2nd Class |
1 October
1887 |
33 |
|
William
Henry Stewardson |
Collector and Surveyor |
27 February
1889 |
42 |
|
Alfred
Henry Drumgoole |
Clerk 2nd Class and
Examining Officer |
13 January
1890 |
29 |
Note 5 |
Abraham
Atherford |
Boatman, 2nd Class |
3 February
1890 |
28 |
|
Jonathan
William Irving |
Boatman 1st Class |
16 August
1890 |
30 |
|
Patrick
Moran |
Assistant Examining
Officer |
16 December
1890 |
36 |
|
Percy
Hoad |
Clerk 2nd Class and
Examining Officer |
27 August
1891 |
29 |
|
Thomas
Edward Wells |
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
6 February
1892 |
30 |
|
George
Albert James Mills |
Boatman |
9 February
1892 |
25 |
|
Arthur
Benson |
Preventive Officer |
4 May 1892 |
40 |
|
Frederick
George Taylor |
Collector and Surveyor |
7 June 1892 |
34 |
|
William
Augustine Shea |
Boatman |
4 November
1892 |
25 |
|
Edward
James Osborne |
Boatman |
8 July 1895 |
27 |
|
Alfred
Samuel Cassell |
Boatman |
17 August
1895 |
24 |
|
Patrick
Carey |
Assistant |
29 April 1897 |
30 |
|
Albert
James Henry Titheridge |
Boatman |
17 May 1897 |
32 |
|
John
Tremlett |
Assistant |
5 September
1898 |
28 |
|
Charles
Albert Fry |
Boatman |
7 July 1900 |
34 |
|
Frederick
William Wood |
Clerk 2nd Class acting as
Examining Officer |
21 July 1900 |
42 |
|
John
Ritchie |
Clerk 2nd Class acting as
Examining Officer |
19 October
1901 |
34 |
|
Joseph
L Atkinson |
Assistant of Customs |
18 September
1901 |
29 |
|
Alfred
Henry Drumgoole |
Collector and Surveyor |
1 September
1902 |
41 |
Note 5 |
Alfred
Phillip Miskin |
Clerk 2nd Class acting as
Examining Officer |
1 June 1903 |
31 |
|
Lawrence
Daly |
Assistant |
5 December
1903 |
20 |
On Probation |
Tom
Morris Lewis |
Clerk 2nd Class Upper
Section and Examining Officer |
13 April 1905 |
39 |
|
William
Henry Finley |
Preventive Man |
11 November
1905 |
20 |
On Probation |
William
Joseph Jennings |
Assistant |
26 June 1907 |
22 |
|
William
George Geeves |
Preventive Man |
21 November
1907 |
36 |
|
John
Docherty |
Preventive Man |
27 April 1909 |
20 |
|
John
Stephens |
Collector and Surveyor |
3 June 1909 |
45 |
|
William
McPherson |
Clerk 2nd Class Upper
Section and Examining Officer |
3 November
1909 |
33 |
|
Stanley
G Spencer |
Preventive Man |
8 September
1910 |
23 |
|
Frank
Abrook |
Employed as an Extraman |
1910 - 1915 |
|
|
George
Oliver Warne |
Preventive Man |
8 September
1911 |
21 |
|
Isidore
John Dobrzanski |
Preventive Man |
29 September
1912 |
32 |
|
Walter
Henry Bright |
Unattached Officer |
28 August
1914 |
21 |
|
Alfred
Luter |
Employed as an Extraman |
1914 - 1915 |
|
|
John
Lallow |
Employed as an Extraman |
1915 - 1915 |
|
|
Frederick
Petty Watson |
Preventive Man |
19 December
1917 |
52 |
|
Harold
William Chapman |
Preventive Man |
1 September
1920 |
24 |
|
Stanley
George Watson |
Unattached Officer |
1 October
1921 |
27 |
|
Leonard
Percy Griffin |
Preventive Man |
22 December
1922 |
24 |
|
Note
1 - A jerquer is described as a customhouse officer who searches ships for
unentered goods or who examine papers of (a ship) for smuggling attempts.
Note
2 - Dismissed 2 November 1855, no
further details.
Note
3 - William Dear was appointed Comptroller in 1856 and Collector in 1860.
Note
4 - Innis was
suspended 26 November 1879 for being intoxicated and dismissed on 4
February 1880.
Note
5 -Drumgoole was appointed Clerk and
Examining Officer in 1890 and Collector
1902. Service was not continuous.
An
interesting note appears in the Collectors declaration for 1855
'The
Tide Surveyor has not seen these men drunk but when they receive their pay
they tipple'
Until
1851 the staff numbered 13, it then gradually reduced to 6 in 1871 but
gradually increased to 9 in 1903 and stabilised at this number.
More
details 1885 - 1898
More
details 1892 -1912
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Note:
These pages are my transcriptions of original documents, they are accurate
to the best of my ability but I do not take any responsibility for errors.
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