Robert BEAUCHAMP-PROCTOR

  General Notes:

BEAUCHAMP, Robert Proctor 1819\endash 1889
Son of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor Bart R.N. In 1839 arrived in New Zealand to visit his brother-in-law Sir Francis Skipworth who farmed near Wellington. Was said to have attempted to settle in New Zealand in the 1840s and 1850s. In the late 1850s gave lessons in drawing and painting. Was in Otago by 1877 and exhibited with OAS 1877\endash 88. (His subjects in 1877 were Tasmanian). 1877 he exhibited a painting with a Tasmanian subject with CSA. Finally settled in Tasmania.

Robert married someone Elizabeth Beer Betty SYMONS, daughter of Charles Beer SYMONS and Elizabeth MORSHEAD, on 14 Jun 1854 in St Peters,Wellington,Wellington,New Zealand. (Elizabeth Beer Betty SYMONS was born in 1822 in Maker,Cornwall,England, christened on 5 Jun 1822 in St. Mary & St. Julian,Maker,Cornwall,England and died before 1867 in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia.)

Robert next married Elizabeth Beatrice SYMONS, daughter of Mr. Henry SYMONS and Mary MORSHEAD, in 1867 in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia. (Elizabeth Beatrice SYMONS was born on 6 May 1836 in Mylor,Cornwall,England, died on 31 Aug 1918 in Langley,West Tamar,Tasmania,Australia and was buried on 3 Sep 1918 in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia.)