Robert Brownrigg Minter

1825 - 1861  (35 years)

• Name	Robert Brownrigg Minter
  Birth	2 Nov 1825	Aberdeen, Scotland   [1]
  Christening	St Pauls, Aberdeen   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Apr 1861	Newcastle Street, East Maitland, Australia   [2]
  Inquest	11 Apr 1861  [2]
  _UID	47D93BDD85B8495FA482E8AEF7E42E47299E
  Burial	11 Apr 1861	C of E burial ground, East Maitland, Australia
  Notes	Educated at Kings School, Parramatta, NSW, Australia in 1840 - 42. A solicitor in New South Wales. The following appeared in the Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser on 18 October 1860 (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18678561): ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. THE MAITLAND AND MORPETH VOLUNTEERS. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury . DEAR SIRS-In your issue of this day I am reported to have proposed as a motto for our corps the words " toujours prët," which being interpreted means "always taken." The words I suggested were " Toujours près" (always ready). I don't wish to find much fault with your report, as I hope that as we are "Toujours près" we shall be "Toujours prêt" when wanted, Yours truly, ROBT. B. MINTER, M. & M. V. Maitland, Oct. 16, 1860, [The letter ë appeared in the report in consequence of a typographical error. The word was written " prêt," which is understood to mean "ready." The motto "toujours près" is clearly not Mr. Minter's. It would well suit a rifleman who always shoots near the mark. Mr. Minter wlll also see that he is mis"taken" as to the interpretation of the letters "prët." To borrow from Punch, " Toujours prêt" was right to a t. REPORTER] Noitce of Robert's death appeared in the Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser on 11 April 1861 (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18681226): DEATHS. On the 10th instant, at his residence, East Maitland, In his 35th year, Robert Brownrigg Minter, solicitor, eldest son of Major Minter, late of the 28th Regiment.
  Person ID	I499	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. 15 Nov 1790, Butchery Lane, Canterbury d. 5 Apr 1871, Keswick House, Whiteladies Road, Bristol (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Emma Minter,   b. Bef 4 Nov 1798, Sittingbourne, Kent d. 19 Feb 1876, Whiteladies Road, Bristol (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1824	St Andrews, Canterbury   [2]
  	Married by licence as a bachelor of St Andrews, Canterbury, a lieutenant in the 45th Regiment. His wife Emma was a widow - the sixth daughter of his father's younger brother.
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary GORDON,   b. Bef 26 May 1828, St Lucia, West Indies d. 27 Jul 1872, Forbes Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	13 Feb 1852	St Peters Church, Cooks River, New South Wales, Australia   [3, 4]
  Children	1. George William Minter,   b. 4 Dec 1852, Cooks River, NSW, Australia d. 10 Oct 1929, Northland, New Zealand (Age 76 years)   2. Alexander Robert Minter,   b. 4 Aug 1854, New South Wales, Australia d. 27 Nov 1929, Radnor, Churchill Road, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia (Age 75 years)   3. Edward Unwin Minter,   b. 3 Jul 1856, Maitland East, NSW, Australia d. 16 Aug 1934, Queensland, Australia (Age 78 years)   4. Gordon Kennedy Minter,   b. 22 Jan 1858, Cowra, NSW, Australia d. 12 Sep 1930, Naim, Baulham Hills, NSW, Australia (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2017

  
  

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  [S208] James (Jim) Minter, April 2023 and later. [S17] Cliff Minter. [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later. [S183] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011 at ancestry.com.