Letter to John Clements Wickham, Esq, Government Resident, Moreton Bay, from John O'Neill Brenan, Sheriff of NSW, appointing him as deputy Sheriff of Brisbane, 1 May 1856

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

John Clements Wickham was a Scottish naval officer, magistrate and administrator. It was first officer on the second voyage of HMS Beagle which carried a young Charles Darwin.

After retiring from the Royal Navy, he became a Police Magistrate of the Moreton Bay District in 1843. He retired in 1859 when Queensland separated form New South Wales and moved to France.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 8417

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