Charles Alexander John Piesse (11 September 1812 – 6 March 1851) was an English civil servant who served briefly as the Colonial Secretary of Western Australia. He was an older brother of George William Septimus Piesse.[1]
Charles Alexander John Piesse | |
|---|---|
| Colonial Secretary of Western Australia | |
| In office October 1850 – March 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Yule (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Yule (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1812 |
| Died | 6 March 1851 (aged 38) |
In 1840 Piesse was appointed Secretary to the Central Loan Fund Board of Ireland, and the following year published a book about the loan fund system.[2] He held this position until appointed Colonial Secretary of Western Australia in 1850. He arrived at Fremantle in October 1850 and died in office several months later, on 6 March 1851.[3]
References
edit- ^ Watson, Marcia. "Stories and People: Charles Alexander John Piesse". East Perth Cemeteries. National Trust of Australia (WA) and Friends of the Battye Library (inc.). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Piesse, Charles (1841). Sketch of the Loan Fund System in Ireland, and Instructions for the Formation of a New Society; with the Loan Fund Acts, and an Index Thereto. Dublin: Alexander Thom. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Local Intelligence". The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News. Vol. 4, no. 171. Western Australia. 14 March 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.