Superintendent of Public Sales under the East India Company, and purveyor to Longwood, the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on St Helena. Governor Thomas Brisbane informed of Balcombe's appointment as the first Colonial Treasurer on 28 October 1823.
After his arrival in the Colony on the Hibernia on 5 April 1824, his appointment was formalised as Colonial Treasurer of the Revenue of NSW by the Colonial Secretary on 28 April 1824.
Balcombe established the first Colonial Treasury on 30 April 1824 on the corner of O'Connell and Bent Streets with a staff of three clerks.
Balcombe, ‘a stout, florid, jovial man,' was a founding member of the Sydney Turf Club and had pastoral interests, but his affairs were in total disorderwhen he died.
His period as Colonial Treasurer was noted for his tentative approach to fiscal management of the Colony's public revenue and his embroglio with the Bank of New South Wales, involving the use of the public revenue for personal gain.
Died Sydney, 19 March 1829. Buried at the Sandhills (Devonshire Street) Cemetery and his remains later translated to Botany Pioneer Cemetery. Balcambe was survived by his wife Jane Cranston, one daughter and three sons.
After his arrival in the Colony on the Hibernia on 5 April 1824, his appointment was formalised as Colonial Treasurer of the Revenue of NSW by the Colonial Secretary on 28 April 1824.
Balcombe established the first Colonial Treasury on 30 April 1824 on the corner of O'Connell and Bent Streets with a staff of three clerks.
Balcombe, ‘a stout, florid, jovial man,' was a founding member of the Sydney Turf Club and had pastoral interests, but his affairs were in total disorderwhen he died.
His period as Colonial Treasurer was noted for his tentative approach to fiscal management of the Colony's public revenue and his embroglio with the Bank of New South Wales, involving the use of the public revenue for personal gain.
Died Sydney, 19 March 1829. Buried at the Sandhills (Devonshire Street) Cemetery and his remains later translated to Botany Pioneer Cemetery. Balcambe was survived by his wife Jane Cranston, one daughter and three sons.
Superintendent of Public Sales under the East India Company, and purveyor to Longwood, the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on St Helena. Governor Thomas Brisbane informed of Balcombe's appointment as the first Colonial Treasurer on 28 October 1823.
After his arrival in the Colony on the Hibernia on 5 April 1824, his appointment was formalised as Colonial Treasurer of the Revenue of NSW by the Colonial Secretary on 28 April 1824.
Balcombe established the first Colonial Treasury on 30 April 1824 on the corner of O'Connell and Bent Streets with a staff of three clerks.
Balcombe, ‘a stout, florid, jovial man,' was a founding member of the Sydney Turf Club and had pastoral interests, but his affairs were in total disorderwhen he died.
His period as Colonial Treasurer was noted for his tentative approach to fiscal management of the Colony's public revenue and his embroglio with the Bank of New South Wales, involving the use of the public revenue for personal gain.
Died Sydney, 19 March 1829. Buried at the Sandhills (Devonshire Street) Cemetery and his remains later translated to Botany Pioneer Cemetery. Balcambe was survived by his wife Jane Cranston, one daughter and three sons.
After his arrival in the Colony on the Hibernia on 5 April 1824, his appointment was formalised as Colonial Treasurer of the Revenue of NSW by the Colonial Secretary on 28 April 1824.
Balcombe established the first Colonial Treasury on 30 April 1824 on the corner of O'Connell and Bent Streets with a staff of three clerks.
Balcombe, ‘a stout, florid, jovial man,' was a founding member of the Sydney Turf Club and had pastoral interests, but his affairs were in total disorderwhen he died.
His period as Colonial Treasurer was noted for his tentative approach to fiscal management of the Colony's public revenue and his embroglio with the Bank of New South Wales, involving the use of the public revenue for personal gain.
Died Sydney, 19 March 1829. Buried at the Sandhills (Devonshire Street) Cemetery and his remains later translated to Botany Pioneer Cemetery. Balcambe was survived by his wife Jane Cranston, one daughter and three sons.
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