William Augustus Miles b. 1798

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, natural historian, commissioner of police and police magistrate, was almost certainly a bastard son of the future King William IV. He made pen and wash drawings around NSW.
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Name
William Augustus Miles
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Police magistrate
  • Commissioner of police
  • Natural historian
Birth date
1798
Death date
25 April 1851
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Camperdown Cemetery, Camperdown, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1849
Arrival
  • 1840
Residence
  • England, UK
  • 1850 - 1851 Cleveland Street, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related person groups
  • Municipal Council of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • London Ethnological Society (associate of)
  • Museum of Natural History, Paris, France (associate of)
  • Statistical Society (associate of)
  • Municipal Council of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • London Ethnological Society (associate of)
  • Museum of Natural History, Paris, France (associate of)