Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in Perth, Western Australia and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's Legislative Council.
Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship Warrior in 1830. He purchased the southern half of Robert Ansell Partridge's 4,388-acre (1,776 ha) property, which he named Daviot Park, for Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland.
Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina [sic] J. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 [1] and John William Andrews in 1834. [2]
He was in 1841 a member of the Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the City of Perth.
Andrews was associated with Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies including
R. W. Nash was brother-in-law of lawyer John Schoales, jun. (c. 1810–1847), who became Guardian of Juvenile Immigrants. One of Andrews' daughters married a Rev. John W. Schoales, but the relationship (if any) between these two has yet to be found. An assertion that Rev. Schoales emigrated to Perth [4] is without foundation.
In September 1846 Walter Boyd Andrews and his youngest sons John William Andrews, Richard [sic, see below] Tapley Andrews and Lewis Grant Boyd Andrews sailed to South Australia aboard Joseph Albino and at some stage secured a residence in Gilbert Street. In January 1847 his wife and the remainder of their offspring Elizabeth Christiana Andrews, Alexandrina Isabella Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Frances Jane Andrews, and Henrietta Matilda Wittenoon [sic] Andrews sailed to South Australia on the same ship.
Andrews must have returned to Western Australia around this time, as was appointed to the colony's Legislative Council in June 1847, just three months before his death. His remains were interred in the East Perth Cemeteries. [5]
The identity and fate of John William Andrews are not clear. A lad of that name and similar age (c. 1834 – 12 May 1847) was shot dead by a son of Sir Richard Spencer at Lady Ann Warden Spencer's home "Strawberry Hill" on King George Sound. The incident, deemed accidental by the magistrates, was reported in only one newspaper, cursorily, and four weeks after the event. [6] The home may have been the site of the accidental death of Horatio Spencer in 1839. [7]
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews inherited his father's property "Daviot Park", which he sold to George Walpole Leake in 1868. [8]
Andrews married Elizabeth Gordon (17 October 1790 – 8 January 1862) [9] in London on 8 November 1817. [10] their children include:
Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in Perth, Western Australia and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's Legislative Council.
Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship Warrior in 1830. He purchased the southern half of Robert Ansell Partridge's 4,388-acre (1,776 ha) property, which he named Daviot Park, for Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland.
Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina [sic] J. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 [1] and John William Andrews in 1834. [2]
He was in 1841 a member of the Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the City of Perth.
Andrews was associated with Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies including
R. W. Nash was brother-in-law of lawyer John Schoales, jun. (c. 1810–1847), who became Guardian of Juvenile Immigrants. One of Andrews' daughters married a Rev. John W. Schoales, but the relationship (if any) between these two has yet to be found. An assertion that Rev. Schoales emigrated to Perth [4] is without foundation.
In September 1846 Walter Boyd Andrews and his youngest sons John William Andrews, Richard [sic, see below] Tapley Andrews and Lewis Grant Boyd Andrews sailed to South Australia aboard Joseph Albino and at some stage secured a residence in Gilbert Street. In January 1847 his wife and the remainder of their offspring Elizabeth Christiana Andrews, Alexandrina Isabella Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Frances Jane Andrews, and Henrietta Matilda Wittenoon [sic] Andrews sailed to South Australia on the same ship.
Andrews must have returned to Western Australia around this time, as was appointed to the colony's Legislative Council in June 1847, just three months before his death. His remains were interred in the East Perth Cemeteries. [5]
The identity and fate of John William Andrews are not clear. A lad of that name and similar age (c. 1834 – 12 May 1847) was shot dead by a son of Sir Richard Spencer at Lady Ann Warden Spencer's home "Strawberry Hill" on King George Sound. The incident, deemed accidental by the magistrates, was reported in only one newspaper, cursorily, and four weeks after the event. [6] The home may have been the site of the accidental death of Horatio Spencer in 1839. [7]
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews inherited his father's property "Daviot Park", which he sold to George Walpole Leake in 1868. [8]
Andrews married Elizabeth Gordon (17 October 1790 – 8 January 1862) [9] in London on 8 November 1817. [10] their children include: