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Latitude
51.8896903
Longitude
0.8994651
Start Date
1830-01-01
End Date
1903-01-01

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ID
tb95f5

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Birth Place
Colchester, England, UK
Biography
Amateur artist, engineer and author was born in Colchester, England, UK. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich receiving a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1848. Du Cane volunteered to superintend works at the convict establishment in Western Australia and arrived in 1851. He was placed in charge of the Eastern Districts comprising Toodyay and York. Du Cane took up residence in Guildford in 1852. Promoted to first lieutenant in 1854 he married Mary Dorothea Molloy, daughter of Georgiana (qv) and Jack, in 1855. They returned to England in 1856 where he became Chairman of Directors of Convict Prisons in 1869 and made KGB in 1877. Du Cane’s major work The Punishment and Prevention of Crime was published in 1885. Writers: Erickson, Dorothy (Dr) Date written: 2011 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1830
Summary
Amateur artist, engineer and author was born in Colchester, England, UK.
Gender
Male
Died
1903
Age at death
73