Cowes Customs Officers
Serving between 1892 and 1912, together with their
previous service record
Note: the
last column shows the order under which the appointment was made. B.O.
(Boards Order) tended to be individual and G.O. (General Orders) tended to
cover the whole of Customs). Date of birth is shown next to name
Collectors and Surveyors (Folio1)
Frederick
George Taylor 13 February 1858
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Perth |
£80/£200 (and £20 Special
Allowance)
|
14.7.75 |
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Aberdeen |
£80/£200 (and £20 Personal
Allowance)
|
9.1.83 |
|
Superintendent, 2nd Class |
Alloa |
£180
|
4.3.86 |
|
Superintendent, 1st Class |
Guernsey |
£190/£240
|
9.1.89 |
|
Collector and Surveyor |
Cowes |
£250 |
7.6.92
|
BO 12377/1892 |
-do- |
" |
£300
(From 19.1.93)
|
|
BO
1482/1893 |
-do- |
" |
£340/£400
(From 1.1.99)
|
|
BO
16335/1898 |
Promoted
to Collector and Surveyor, Newry BO 9423/1900 1st July
Frederick W. Wood
25 August 1858
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Stockton |
£80-£200
|
1.1.76 |
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Jersey |
£80-£200 (with £50 Personal
Allowance)
|
5.9.79 |
|
Employed on Special Service in the
Secretary’s Office from 17.8.88 BO15.8.88 23809/1888
|
Superintendent, 1st Class |
Jersey |
£190-£240
|
27.12.88 |
|
Superintendent, 1st Class |
Lowestoft |
-do-
|
9.1.89 |
|
Collector and Surveyor |
South Shields |
£250 |
13.4.94
|
|
-do- |
Berwick on Tweed |
£300
|
10.6.97 |
|
-do- |
Londonderry |
£340/£400
|
16.2.99 |
|
-do- |
Cowes |
-do- |
21.7.00 |
|
Promoted to Collector and Surveyor Exeter(?) from
1/9/02 BO 16354/1902
Alfred Henry Drumgoole
11 September 1864
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Newcastle-on-Tyne
|
£70/£200
|
22.12.80 |
|
ditto |
Folkestone |
"
|
17.7.86 |
|
ditto
and
to act as Exg. Offr. |
Cowes |
"
with
an allow of £20 per annum
|
15.1.90
|
37732
/ 11/12/89 |
ditto
and
Second Officer |
Folkestone |
"
with
an allow of £20 per annum
|
27.8.91 |
19023
/ 1891 |
Superintendent, 2nd Class |
Poole |
£180
|
17.3.93 |
5446 / 14/3/93 |
Superintendent, 2nd Class |
Blythe |
"
|
17.1.95 |
853 / 1895 |
Collector and Surveyor |
Blythe |
£280/320 |
1.1.99
|
16335/1898, 11663/1899, 9053/1899 |
ditto |
Blythe |
£340/£400
|
1.10.01 |
579 / 8/1/02 |
ditto |
Cowes |
" |
1.9.02 |
16355/02 |
Promoted Collector and Surveyor, Portsmouth. BO
15001/1909
John Stephen
13 June 1864 Accepted
under Superannuation Act, 1909
Place
of Birth & Place of Residence before Entry to the Service –
Auchterless Aberdeenshire
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
London
|
£55/80
|
4.1.87 |
|
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
Dundee |
"
|
29.12.91 |
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Leith |
£70/200
|
7.2.93
|
|
Clerk, 2nd Class (L.S) |
Leith |
" |
21.11.95
|
|
Clerk, 2nd Class (U.S) |
London |
£200/300
|
8.8.01 |
|
" " " " |
Glasgow |
"
|
4.4.02 |
|
" 1st Class |
Cardiff |
£320/400 |
21.1.08
|
|
Collector and Surveyor |
Ipswich |
"
|
8.1.09 |
|
" |
Cowes |
" |
1.6.09 |
6340/1909
|
Clerk
& Examining Officer (Folio 51)
Percy Hoad
11 March 1862
Place
– London Residence before Entry – London
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Sunderland
|
£70/200
|
8.12.80 |
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Folkestone |
"
|
13.1.90 |
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Dover |
"
|
27.11.90
|
|
Clerk,
2nd Class
Examining
Officer |
Cowes |
"
(and
£20 Special Allowance)
|
27.8.91
|
19023/1891 |
Clerk,
2nd Class (UpperSection)
&
Examining Officer |
" |
£200/300
(and £10 Temporary Allowance)
|
18.12.96 |
22110/1895
3104/1899 |
Promoted to Clerk, 1st
Class, at Cardiff B.O 22 June 10579/1901
John Richie
11 April 1867
Place of Birth – Ballyve,
Co. Antrim Residence before Entry – Gransha, Co. Antrim
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
Liverpool |
£55 to £80 |
4.1.87
|
|
do |
do |
£62-15/- |
1.1.91
|
|
Clerk, 2nd Class |
Newcastle
|
£70 - 200
|
12.1.92 |
|
do |
Lowestoft |
£75 - 200
|
19.1.93 |
|
do Lower Sect |
do |
" |
12.1.96 |
|
(Personal
Allowance of £40 in lieu of Wreck and R.N.R
Fees
from 1.4.99) |
Clerk,
2nd Cl, Upper Sect
and
to assist as EO |
Cowes |
£200
- 300
|
21.6.01
|
10623/1901 |
(Employed
on Special Service in the Secretary’s Office from 3 June 1901 to 9th
Oct. 1901,
when
Mr Richie took up duty at Cowes)
Promoted to Clerk in Charge, Port Talbot, as
from 1.6.03 B.O. 9576/1903
Alfred Philip Miskin
31 August 1872
Place of Birth and Place of
Entry before entering Service: Greenwich
Clerk, Second Division |
London (Office of Accountant and
Controller General
|
1 May 1893 |
|
Clerk Second Division occupying a
place of Clerk Class II Upper Section (and to assist and Examining
Officer) |
Cowes |
1 June 1903 |
9461/1903 |
Died at Ventnor 22
March 1905
Tom Morris Lewis
20 February 1866
Place of Birth and Place of
Entry before entering Service: Wroxeter, Shrewsbury
Outdoor Officer, Class II |
Londonderry
|
£55/80
|
17Feb. 87 |
|
Clerk, Class II |
Newcastle
|
17 June 1893 |
|
" |
Belfast |
6 March 1894
|
|
" Lr. Sect. |
" |
£80/200
|
21 Nov. 1895 |
|
" Up. Sect. |
"
|
1 Jan 1902 |
|
" " " |
Cowes |
13 April 1905
|
|
Promoted to
Clerk, 1st Clerk, 1st Class at Plymouth. B.O. 30
July 12193/1909
William McPherson
4 October 1876 Accepted
under Superannuation Act, 1909
Place of Birth, Manchester.
Place of Residence before Entry – Manchester
Boy
Clerk |
Congested
Districts Bo and Ireland
|
|
12
April 1894 |
Temporary Clerk |
-do- |
|
Novr. 1896
|
Copyist |
Various Departments |
|
Feby. 1898 – 19 April, 1898
|
Second Division Clerk (Temporary) |
National Education Office, Dublin
|
£70 - £250
|
21 April 1898 to 10 Oct. 1898 |
-do- |
London |
-do-
|
1st December 1899 |
Clerk, 2nd Class, Lower
Section |
-do- |
£70 - £200
|
1st April 1899 |
-do- |
Manchester |
-do- |
1st April 1901
|
-do- Upper Section |
Glasgow |
£200/£300
|
7th January 1904 |
-do- -do- |
Long Room, London
|
-do- |
10th November 1906
|
-do-
-do- (& to assist as Examining officer) |
Cowes |
-do- |
28th
October 1909 |
17936/1909
|
Officer |
Cowes |
|
@1.4.1909 G.O. 50/1911 |
(Entry in Pencil) |
Preventive
Officer (Folio 101)
William Thomas Stokes
23
July 1845
Place of Birth, Parkstone,
Dorset. Place of Residence before Entry, Hull
Outdoor
Officer, 5th Class |
Hull
|
£45
(and
1/- per day)
|
17.1.70 |
|
-Do- |
" |
£61
(and
1/- per day)
|
1.4.72 |
|
( Ipswich
|
"
|
13.3.73
|
|
( Cowes
|
55/70 |
22.5.74
|
|
-Do- |
Bridport |
"
|
22.1.79 |
|
-Do- |
Poole |
70
|
1.1.82 |
|
-Do- |
Weymouth
|
65 (and £5 personal) |
26.1.82
|
|
(Weymouth
|
85/100
|
1.5.83 |
|
( London
|
" |
15.10.85 |
|
Asst. Examining Officer |
" |
100/150 |
26.3.87
|
|
Preventive Officer |
" |
112 15/- |
22.7.91
|
|
-Do- |
Cowes |
117 15/- / 150 |
17.8.92
|
13176 /1892 |
Retired as from 17.1.06 BO
7799/16.5.05
Frederick John Parsons
14
June 1862
Place of
Birth: Ryde, Isle of Wight. Place of Residence before Entry: Shanklin I W
Accepted
under Superannuation Act, 1909
Boatman |
Cowes |
£55 / £85 |
27 Oct. 1885
|
|
Preventive Officer, Lower Section |
Cardiff (Barry Dock)
|
£95/£100 |
9 April 1900
|
|
ditto |
Cowes
|
ditto
|
14 February 1906 |
1948/1906 |
Assistant (Folio 151)
Thomas Edward Wells
1
October 1862
Place of Birth and Place of
Residence before Entry: Gurnard I W
Outdoor
Officer, 2nd Class |
London
|
£55/80
(by
£1-10/-)
|
29.1.83 |
|
-Do- |
London |
£55/80
(by
£2-10/-)
|
25.1.90 |
|
-Do- |
Cowes |
"
|
6.2.92 |
2034/1892 |
Out Door Officer, 1st
Class |
Cowes |
£85/100
|
19.9.93 |
19094/1893 |
Assistant |
Cowes
|
£70/105 |
20.8.96
|
11949/1896 |
Promoted to
Examining Officer, 2nd Class, Bristol BO 7th April
1897 – No. 4693/1897
Patrick
Carey
20 November 1864
Place of Birth and Place of
Residence before Entry: Kilmihill, Co. Clare
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
London
|
£55/80
|
28.8.86 |
|
-Do- 1st Class |
" |
£85/100
|
10.12.94 |
|
Assistant |
" |
" to 105
|
1.1.96 |
|
" |
Cowes |
"
|
29.4.97 |
3790/1897 |
Promoted to
Examining Officer – 2nd Class -Leith
John
Tremlett
30 May 1870
Place of
Birth: Sidbury, Devon. Place of Residence before Entry: Weston Super Mare
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
London
|
£55/80
|
28.2.93 |
|
Assistant |
" |
£70/105
|
1.1.96 |
|
" |
Cowes |
"
|
5.9.98 |
10887/1898 |
Promoted to
Examining Officer, 2nd Class, London BO 22 June 10749/1901
Joseph L
Atkinson 26 December 1872
Place of
Birth and Place of Residence before Entry to Service: Penrith, Cumberland
Outdoor Officer, 2nd Class |
London
|
£55/80
|
18.6.94 |
|
Assistant |
London |
£70 - 105
|
1.3.98 |
|
" |
Liverpool |
£70
|
11.5.99
|
|
" |
|
£75 |
13.10.99
|
B.O. 7186 / 2.6.99 |
" |
|
£80
|
13.10.00 |
|
" |
|
£85
|
26.01.01 |
B.O. 1271 / ?15.01.01 |
" |
Cowes |
£85 by £5 to £105 |
18.09.01
|
B.O. 16864 / 10.9.01 |
Absent on
sick leave from 18.12.97 to 27.9.98 inclusive, and by Special sick leave
without pay per B.O. 12703 / 1898 from 28.9.98 to 10.5.99 inclusive.
33 days sick
leave in 1900 – Gastricitis & gastric ulcer.
Sick leave
in 1901 - From 1st Jan to 17th Sept inclusive with
loss of pay from 20.2.01 B.O. 3957 / 21.3.01.
Suit and cap
due – 10.6.02
Great Coat
due – 10.6.04
Promoted to
Examining Officer Class 2 at Liverpool as from 26.11.03 B.O. 23279 / 1903
Lawrence
Daly 13 Dec 1883
Place of
Birth: Gurteen, Clonmult, Midleton, Co.Cork. Place of Residence before
entering service: The same
Assistant |
Cowes (On probation for 12 months) |
£70 - 105
|
5 Dec 1903 |
B.O. 362 / 1903 |
|
Appointment Confirmed |
|
|
B.O. 22552 / 1904 |
Transferred
to Southampton at his own request and expense as from 22/05/07 B.) 8093 /
1907. Last day at Cowes 31/05/07.
William
Joseph Jenkins 21 December 1885
Place of Birth and Place of
Residence before entering the Service: Belfast
Assistant |
London |
£70 - 105
|
21 April 1906 |
|
-Do- |
Cowes |
- " - |
6 June 1907 |
B.O. 8508 / 1907 |
Transferred
to London per B.O. 26779 / 26.9.11
Walter
Henry Bright 14th June
1893
Entered
Service 2.6.14
Unattached
Officer |
Cowes |
Salary
£117-10/-
Tempy.
Allw. £15
Work
Bonus 102-7/-
|
7.5.20 |
From
London
B.O.
132753 / 1920 |
Boatman (Folio 201)
This
grade was amended to Preventive Man under G.O 74/1905
Abraham Atherfold
25th
May 1862
Place of Birth and Residence
before Entry - Shoreham
Boatman 2nd Class |
Shoreham
|
£55 / 65
|
11.7.84 |
|
- Do - |
Cowes |
"
|
3.2.90 |
1887 / 1890 |
Boatman |
" |
61-14/-
/ 65
(From
1.4.91) |
|
G.O
71 / 1893 |
" |
|
70
/ 80
(From
28.4.92) |
|
19431
/ 1893 |
" |
|
55 / 85
|
|
G.O 42 / 1895 |
Transferred
to Shoreham at own request and expense B.O. 12568 / 1905. Last day at
Cowes 14.9.05
Frederick
Parsons
14th June 1862
Place of
Birth: Ryde, Isle of Wight. Place of Residence before Entry: Shanklin I W
Boatman 2nd Class |
Cowes |
£55 / £65 |
27.10.85
|
14765 / 1885 |
Boatman |
"
|
61-8/-
/ 65
(From
1.4.91)
|
|
G.O.
71 / 1893 |
" |
" |
55 / 85 |
|
G.O. 42 / 1895 |
Promoted to
preventive Officer, Barry Dock B.O. 10 April 1900 – No. 5356 / 1900
Alfred Samuel Cassell
28th
March 1871
Place of Birth: Ryde, Isle of
Wight. Place of Residence before Entry: Shanklin I W
Boatman |
London
|
£55 / 80
|
31.8.92 |
|
" |
Cowes |
55
/ 85 * 1 Star Allowance £2-10-0 from 1.4.03
|
17.8.95 |
13903
/ 1895
6397
/ 1903 |
Preventive
Man |
" |
33s
per week* 1 Star Allowance 1s per week from
1.10.05 |
1.10.05
|
G.O
74 / 1905
14261
/ 1905 |
Promoted to
Preventive Officer, Lower Section, Queenboro’, per B.O. 6236/1912
William Augustine Shea
13th
May 1867
Place of Birth and Residence
before Entry – Devonport
Boatman |
Plymouth
|
£55 / 80
|
1.7.92 |
|
" |
Cowes |
"
|
4.11.92 |
22966 /1892 |
" |
" |
£55 / 85 |
4.11.92
|
G.O 42 / 1895
|
Transferred
to Southampton B.O. 4th March 1897 No. 1760 / 1897
Edward James Osborne
13th December 1868
Place of Birth and Residence
before Entry – Bembridge I.W
Boatman |
London
|
£55
/ 80
|
22.6.91 |
|
" |
Cowes |
"
|
8.7.95 |
10796
/ 1895 |
" |
" |
£55
/ 85 * 1 Star Allowance £2-10-0 from 1.4.03
|
|
G.O
42 / 1895
6397
/1903 |
Preventive
Man |
Cowes |
33s
per week* 1 Star Allowance 1s per week from
1.10.05 |
|
G.O
74 / 1905
14261
/ 1905 |
Promoted to
Preventive Officer, Lower Section at Southampton as from 1st
April 1909. B.O. 4738 / 24.3.09. Last Day at Cowes 31.3.09
Albert James HenryTitheridge
12th December 1865
Place of Birth: Plymouth.
Residence before Entry: Portsmouth
Boatman |
Harwich
|
£55
- 80
|
1.9.91 |
|
" |
Cowes |
"
* 1 Star Allowance £2-10-0 from 1.4.03
|
17.5.97 |
6024
/ 1897
6397
/1903 |
Preventive
Man |
Cowes |
33s
per week* 1 Star Allowance 1s per week from
1.10.05 |
1.10.05 |
G.O
74 / 1905
14261
/ 1905 |
Promoted to
P.O. L.S London by B.O. 26089 / 14.8.11 Last day on duty at Cowes 1.9.11
Charles Albert Fry
Place of Birth and Residence
before Entry – Haylands, Ryde, I.W.
Quarantined Mariner |
Motherbank, Portsmouth
|
3/6 per drive |
11.9.93 |
|
Boatman |
Plymouth
|
£64 / 85
|
7.11.96 |
8958 / 1900 |
" |
Cowes |
" * 1 Star
Allowance £2-10-0 from 11.9.03
|
17.5.97 |
22133 / 1903 |
Preventive Man |
Cowes |
32/4 to 33s per week *
1 Star Allowance 1s per week from 1.10.05 |
1.10.05 |
G.O 74 / 1905
14261 / 1905 |
William Henry Finlay
9th
July 1866
Place of Birth: Oystermouth,
Mumbles, Swansea. Residence before Entry: Barry, South Wales
Preventive
Man |
Cowes |
21/2
to 33/- per week |
11.11.05
(on
probation) |
13861
/ 1905
|
Transferred
to Barry Dock, Cardiff, at own request and expense B.O. 16423 / 28.10.07
Last day at Cowes 21.11.07
William
George Geeves 8th March
1871 Accepted under
Superannuation Act, 1909
Place of
Birth and Residence before Entry into Service: Gorleston, Suffolk
Boatman |
Hull
|
£55/80
to £85 1 Star = £2-10-0 additional
|
20.4.92 |
GO
42.53 / 1895
6397/18.4.03 |
Preventive
Man |
" |
33/-
weekly & 1 Star = 1/-
|
1.10.05 |
|
|
|
33/-
weekly & 2 Stars = 2/-
|
20.04.07 |
|
Ditto |
Cowes |
-
Ditto - |
28.10.07 |
15483/1907
|
Promoted
Preventive Officer, Lower Section, Southampton per BO 28105/1910
James
Doherty 17th December
1889 Accepted under
Superannuation Act, 1909
Place of
Birth and Residence before Entry into Service: Lower Templerone,
Kincasslagh, Co Donegal
Preventive Man |
London |
18/- to 33/- per week
|
10thOctober 1907 |
|
Ditto |
Cowes |
Ditto
|
20th April 1909 |
|
Seconded for
Service as Customs Storekeeper and Baggage Examiner in the East African
Protectorate. Last day at Cowes 23.5.12 13795/1912
Stanley
Theodore George Spencer
11th
November 1882 Accepted
under Superannuation Act, 1909 B.O. 3338/ 19.10.10
Place of
Birth: Ventnor, IW. Residence before Entry: Chale near Ventnor, IW
Preventive Man |
Goole |
18/- by 1/6 to 33/- per week
|
4th Sep. 1906 |
|
- " - |
Cowes |
Ditto
|
29th August 1909 |
|
George Oliver Warne
22nd October 1890
Place of Birth: Cowes.
Residence before Entry: Gurnard, IW
Preventive Man |
Harwich |
18/- by 1/6 to 33/- per week
|
21st February 1908 |
|
- " - |
Cowes |
Ditto
|
4th Septr. 1911 |
|
Isador
John Dobrzanski 25th May
1880 Accepted under
Superannuation Act, 1909 B.O. 17694 /1909
Place of
Birth and Residence before Entry into Service: London
Boy
Messenger |
Accountant
Generals Office, London
|
|
15.6.94
to 25.5.00 |
|
Boatman |
London |
£55 to £85
|
15th August 1900 |
|
Preventive Man |
- " - |
24/2 to 33/- per week
|
1st October 1905 |
|
- " - |
- " - |
1 star 1/- weekly
|
15th August 1910 |
B.O.23082 / 1910 |
- " - |
Cowes |
- do - |
15th March 1912 |
B.O. 7007 / 1912 |
William Henry Finlay 9th July 1866
Place of Birth: Oystermouth,
Mumbles, Swansea. Residence before Entry: Barry, South Wales
Preventive Man |
Cowes |
21/2 to 33/- per week |
11th Novr.1905
|
B.O.13861 / 1905
|
- " - |
Barry Dock |
24/2 to 33/- |
21st Novr 1907 |
B.O. 16423 / 1912
|
- " - |
Cowes |
30/2 to 36/- |
15th June 1912 |
B.O. 151719 / 1912 |
1885 - 1898
Customs Cowes
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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