George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851

George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931)

grazier, MP NSW

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS (1879 - 1879) Charlotte Fane DE SALIS (1880 - 1965) Mary (May) Fane DE SALIS (1881 - 1962) Nina Emily Violet Fane DE SALIS (1883 - 1970) Emily Henrietta Georgina DE SALIS (1885 - 1966) Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS (1886 - 1957) George William Irving Fane DE SALIS (1889 - 1969) Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS (1891 - 1917)	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931) + Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (1857 - 1927)	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898)	Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (1771 - 1836)	Peter DE SALIS (1738 - 1809)
				Ann DE SALIS-SOGLIO (1749 - 1831)
			Henrietta FOSTER (1790 - 1856)	William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)
				Catherine Letitia LESLIE ( - 1814)
		Charlotte F MACDONALD (1819 - 1878)	George MACDONALD (1779 - 1853)

			Sarah MITCHELL (1781 - )

Pic 7. nla.pic-vn4650016
George, Henry, Leopold, and William De Salis in the garden, Cuppacumbalong, Australian Capital Territory, ca. 1888 [picture].
between 1886 and 1890. 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 12 x 16.4 cm.
Part of De Salis, Farrer and Champion families photograph collection, Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales [picture]. ca. 1880-1945.

b. 1851 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

m. 28 Feb 1878 Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (1857 - 1927) at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

d. Dec 1931 at Michelago, New South Wales, Australia aged 80

Near Relatives of George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS	14 Feb 1771	Chiavenna, Italy	02 Oct 1836	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England	65
Grandmother	Henrietta FOSTER	abt 1790		27 Oct 1856		66
Grandfather	George MACDONALD	1779	Scotland	25 Oct 1853	Bongongo, New South Wales, Australia	74
Grandmother	Sarah MITCHELL	1781

Father in Law	Pierce Galliard SMITH	abt 1826	Lechvale, Dumfries, Scotland	1908	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Mother in Law	Emily Phillippa DAVIES	1833	Abergaverny, Wales	06 Nov 1917	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	84

Father	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS	26 Apr 1816	Florence, Italy	20 Nov 1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Mother	Charlotte F MACDONALD	1819	Dublin, Ireland	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59

Self	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS	1851	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	Dec 1931	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	80

Wife	Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jul 1927	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	70

Son	Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Daughter	Charlotte Fane DE SALIS	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter	Mary (May) Fane DE SALIS	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1962	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter	Nina Emily Violet Fane DE SALIS	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jul 1970	Canberra, ACT, Australia	87
Daughter	Emily Henrietta Georgina DE SALIS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Apr 1966	Canberra, ACT, Australia	81
Son	Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS	08 Aug 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21 Feb 1957	Canberra, ACT, Australia	70
Son	George William Irving Fane DE SALIS	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Aug 1969	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	80
Son	Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS	abt Apr 1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Nov 1917	Palestine	26

Brother	Leoplod William Jerome Fane DE SALIS	Jun 1845	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	03 Aug 1930	Laleham North Staines, England	85
Brother	Rodolph John Charles Fane DE SALIS	19 Nov 1846	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	06 Jun 1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29
Sister	Henrietta Sarah Sophia Nina Fane DE SALIS	1848	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	20 Feb 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	81
Brother	Henry Gubert Macdonald Fane DE SALIS	1858	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1947	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	89

Daughter in Law	Eileen Christian ELWORTHY	19 Oct 1892	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1956	Canberra, ACT, Australia	63
Daughter in Law	Margaret RAINE	1902	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Grandson	William Arthur Fane DE SALIS	09 Jun 1916	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1999	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Grandson	Eric James Fane DE SALIS	18 Mar 1918	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 2002	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Grandson	John David DE SALIS	23 Oct 1923	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle	Petrus Johannes Peter John DE SALIS	26 Feb 1799	Marylebone, London, England	24 Dec 1870	Acton, Cheshire, England	71
Aunt	Henrietta Charlotte de Sennarclens DE ST DENYS			Oct 1822
Aunt	Cecile Henrietta Marguerite BOURGEOISE	1802		1892		90
Aunt	Sophia Juliana DE SALIS	1806		05 Jul 1886		80
Uncle	William FILGATE
Uncle	Rodolph Johannes Leslie Joseph Hibernicus DE SALIS	09 May 1811	Dublin, Ireland	13 Mar 1880	Hillingdon, Middlesex, England	68
Aunt	Augusta Letitia ROBINSON	Jun 1839	Manchester, Lancashire, England	21 Feb 1929	Marylebone, London, England	89
Uncle	William Andrew Andreas Salius Fane DE SALIS	22 Oct 1812	Marylebone, London, England	03 Aug 1896	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	83
Aunt	Emily Henriette MAYNE	abt 1823	Teffont, Wiltshire, England	24 Jul 1896	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	73
Aunt	Catherine (Nina) Barbara DE SALIS	May 1814	Dublin, Ireland	20 Feb 1869	St George Hanover Square, London, England	54
Uncle	George Flemming WARREN	28 Oct 1811		19 Oct 1887		75
Aunt	Henrietta Maria Felicitas DE SALIS	Nov 1817	Paris, France
Uncle	John Henry Anthony Hubert Gubertus DE SALIS	10 Dec 1818	Paris, France	11 Feb 1894		75
Aunt	Julia SHUM
Uncle	Charles Lewis Maximilian Fane DE SALIS	04 Nov 1821	Valteline, Switzerland	25 Jun 1845	Pimlico, England	23
Aunt	Henrietta (Hadie) Emma Helena DE SALIS	02 May 1824	Bath, Somerset, England	16 Aug 1863	Surrey, England	39
Uncle	Thomas-Chaloner BISSE-CHALLONER	11 Dec 1788		26 Jul 1872		83
Uncle	Henry Jerome Augustine Fane DE SALIS	16 Feb 1828	Pisa, Italy	18 Feb 1915	Virgina Water, Berkshire, England	87
Aunt	Grace Elizabeth Warner HENLEY	abt 1824	Waterperry, Oxfordshire, England	abt Sep 1898	Windsor, Berkshire, England	74
Aunt	Amelia MACDONALD
Uncle	Robert FERGUSSON
Aunt	Elizabeth MACDONALD
Uncle	C PAULL
Uncle	George MACDONALD
Aunt	Julia Catherine MACDONALD
Uncle	Arthur Earle WELBY
Uncle	Richard MACDONALD
Uncle	Charles MACDONALD	1805
Aunt	Isabella MACDONALD	1811		22 Jul 1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	27
Uncle	Henry O'Brien	1793	Co Mayo, Ireland	27 Jan 1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	73
Aunt	Eliza Ann MACDONALD	1816	Spain	1889		73
Uncle	James ELLIS
Uncle	Colin MACDONALD	abt 1821
Aunt	Louisa MACDONALD	14 Apr 1823
Uncle	Samuel MCGREGOR
Aunt	Sarah Berkley MACDONALD	1827	Yorkshire, England	03 Feb 1883	Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia	56
Uncle	Herbert Castleman JEFFREYS	22 Aug 1824	Yorkshire, England	23 May 1886	Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia	61

Cousin	John Francis William DE SALIS	25 Aug 1825	Switzerland	07 Aug 1871	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England	45
Cousin	Peter DE SALIS	22 Nov 1827		27 Mar 1919		91
Cousin	George Aloys DE SALIS	01 Dec 1829		22 Oct 1866		36
Cousin	Anna Sophia Elisabeth DE SALIS	28 Jul 1832		17 Mar 1916		83
Cousin	Robert John Drake DE SALIS	13 Feb 1837
Cousin	John Byrne Leicester WARREN	1835		1895		60
Cousin	Meriel Leicester WARREN	1839		1872		33
Cousin	Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	10 Dec 1854	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	26 Dec 1931	Brackley, Buckinghamshire, England	77
Cousin	Cecil Fane DE SALIS	31 May 1857	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	09 Mar 1948	Wargrave, Berkshire, England	90
Cousin	William Fane DE SALIS	21 Jul 1858	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	23 Jan 1939	Gosport, Hampshire, England	80
Cousin	Charles Fane DE SALIS	abt 18 Mar 1860	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	24 Jan 1942	Taunton, Devon, England	81
Cousin	Georgiana DE SALIS	18 Sep 1861	Fringford, Oxfordshire, England	14 Apr 1910	East Hampstead, Berkshire, England	48

Nephew	Leopold William Jerome Fane DE SALIS	1896	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John Peter Fabius DE SALIS	1897	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Jeanette Nina Alexandre Fane DE SALIS	1901	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leopold Henry Graham DE SALIS	10 Sep 1885	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1973	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	88
Nephew	Gubert William Leslie Fane DE SALIS	1887	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1959	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	72
Nephew	Arthur Rodolf Neville Fane DE SALIS	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	82
Niece	Charlotte Nina Vera W Fane DE SALIS	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Dec 1965	Canberra, ACT, Australia	69
Nephew	Edward George Farrer DE SALIS	12 Jun 1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1985	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Phillippa Emily SMITH	1915	South Africa
Niece	Eleanor Mary SMITH	1917	South Africa

Sister in Law	Emily Elizabeth Cordelia SMITH	1851	Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England	12 Jan 1918	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Pierce Eaglesfield SMITH	Jun 1853	Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England	1911	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	58
Brother in Law	William Bradshaw Galliard SMITH	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	30 Oct 1901	Brakenlaagte, South Affrica	39
Sister in Law	Jane Gertrude Barker SMITH	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1952	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	86
Brother in Law	Paulus Emilius Frederick SMITH	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1920	South Africa	50
Sister in Law	Jeanette Caroline ARMSTRONG	1864	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	William James FARRER	03 Apr 1845	Docker, Westmorland, England	16 Apr 1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	61
Sister in Law	Charlotte Maud(e) MCDONALD			21 May 1952	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Events in George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1851		George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS was born	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
1878	27	Death of mother Charlotte F MACDONALD (aged 59)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9160/1878
28 Feb 1878	27	Married Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (aged 21)	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	4564/1878
1879	28	Birth of son Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21972/187
1879	28	Death of son Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	8505/1879
1880	29	Birth of daughter Charlotte Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23008/1880
1881	30	Birth of daughter Mary (May) Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26762/1882
1883	32	Birth of daughter Nina Emily Violet Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29242/1883
1885	34	Birth of daughter Emily Henrietta Georgina DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31564/1885
08 Aug 1886	35	Birth of son Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	32799/1886
1889	38	Birth of son George William Irving Fane DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	33104/1889
abt Apr 1891	40	Birth of son Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
20 Nov 1898	47	Death of father Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (aged 82)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15594/1898
05 Nov 1917	66	Death of son Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS (aged 26)	Palestine
18 Jul 1927	76	Death of wife Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (aged 70)	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	15662/1927
Dec 1931	80	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS died	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	1673/1932

Personal Notes:

Mt De Salis south of Thawa named after him.
Tony's father George was a man of diverse interests who meticulously kept diaries from the age of 18 until his death in 1931 aged 80. He noted heights of local mountains and hills, daily weather conditions and rainfall, gave a summary of his correspondence, commented on his relations, visitors and the neighbours as well as detailing local flora and fauna. George undertook many walking excursions around the countryside and described in full all that he saw. These are truly remarkable and invaluable documents!
George was also an honorary magistrate, dispensed medical and dental aid to those living in the neighbourhood as well as clerical and spiritual assistance when needed. When the Post Office was transferred to Cuppacumbalong he sometimes acted as postmaster. His grandson Bill remembers peeping from behind a bush watching 'Uppa' pull a tooth from shearer Mick McMahon.

From SMH 4 Jan 1932 " LATE MR. G. F. DE SALIS.
The death occurred last week of Mr. G. F. De Salis, pastoralist and former M.L.A., who was a member of a well-known pioneering family."

SMH Article 11 Mar 1924
OLDEST JUSTICE.
LICENSING BENCH. MR. G. F. DE SALIS.

Mr. George Fane de Sails, of Michelago, whose appointment as a Justice of the Peace dates back to 1882, when the Licensing Act was introduced, is claimed to be the oldest honorary justice engaged on the Licensing Bench in the State.

The Licensing Act passed by the last ses- sion of Parliament replaces that of 1882 in the composition of the Courts officiating in country districts. The old Act provided that the Licensing Bench should comprise a police magistrate and two honorary magistrates duly appointed for each licensing district. The new law, which comes into force next July, abolishes the positions of honorary magistrates, substituting for them a Bench of three police magistrates. Among the hon- orary magistrates to be displaced is Mr. de Salis, of Michelago.

At a recent meeting of the Queanbeyan Licensing Court Mr. de Salis was warmly eulogised by the police magistrate (Mr. M. H. Cleeve), and also by visiting counsel, for his long service to the State, and for the high civic spirit shown by him in this and other public positions.

The De Salis family had played an im- portant part in the pastoral and political af- fairs of this State. Mr. Leopold Fane De Salis came to Australia in 1810. The ?? following he bought Darbalara Station, near Gundagai, since made famous for its milking shorthorns. Here he started sheep-farming, being one of the first in the eastern Riverina to grasp the possibilities of sheep in prefer- ence to cattle. In 1844 he took up the then unoccupied run of Junee, locating his home- stead close by the site of what is now the busy town of that name. The Junee run was not well provided with water to tide over dry spells, and Mr. De Sails constructed a number of dams, this method of water conservation being looked upon as something quite novel in the colony at that time. In 1856 he purchased Cuppacumbalong Station, on the Murrumbid- gee, country which is now included in the Federal Capital territory. Here he resided until the end of his days, filling a busy life with politics and many public duties, besides adding to the wealth of the country by grow- ing a fine type of merino wool and breeding draught and blood horses. After representing Queanbeyan in the Lower House for some years, Mr. Leopold Fane De Sails in 1874 was appointed to the Legislative Council, in which he took a prominent part right up to within a few years of his death in 1898.

Mr. George Fane De Sails, the third eldest son, was born while his parents were residing at Darbalara. He was educated privately. Practically the whole of his adult life has been spent on the land, first, at Cuppacumbalong, and later at his present property, Soglio, near Michelago. Not only has he been associated for sixty odd years with country which is now portion of the Capital Territory, but his con- nection with Canberra was still further accentuated by his marriage to a daughter of the late Rev, Canon Smith, who was rector in charge of the historic St. John the Baptist Church at Canberra for nearly fifty years, the Canon's induction dating back to 1855. Canon Smith was a man of wonderful energy, with a parish spreading from Yass to Goulburn, and across to Tumut, and his name to-day is revered by the older folk throughout the whole country side. Mr. George De Sails fol- lowed In the political footsteps of his father by representing Queanbeyan in the Legisla- tive Assembly for one term in the early eighties. His brother William, who now re- sides in England, also occupied a seat for some years, making the third in the one family to be returned for the same constituency of Queanbeyan.

Another member of this Interesting family is Mrs. Nina Farrer, of Lambrigg, on the Murrumbidgee, below Cuppacumbalong. It was on Lambrigg that her husband, the late Mr. William Farrer, worked for so many year upon the experiments which eventually gave to Australia the several wheats which have doubled our wheat-growing areas, and have added millions to the riches of the Commonwealth.

Photo collection with National Library of Australia
http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=text%3A%22De+Salis%2C+Farrer+and+Champion+families+photograph+collection%2C+Australian+Capital+Territory+and+New+South+Wales.%22

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

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