 Birth Notes:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=653693
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Christening Notes:
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He was christened on the same day as his brother John Brooks Vivian who was born 11 Mar 1850.
Death Notes:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=653693
Burial Notes:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=653693
Sources of information or noted events in his life were:
• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=Violet&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=Vivian&gsln_x=XO&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=2&pcat=34&h=4528979&db=AusBirthIndex&indiv=1
• Occupation. First Chairman of the Pinetown Health Board
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=653693
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Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 5 Apr 1890 6 Jun 1891 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 2day(s)
Member for Hastings and Manning 5 Apr 1890 6 Jun 1891 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 2day(s)
14th (1889 - 1891)
The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No.1 29 Apr 1890 29 Apr 1890 1day
14th (1889 - 1891) Chairman
Blayney Municipal Council Enabling Bill Committee No.37 16 Oct 1890 22 Oct 1890 7days
14th (1889 - 1891)
The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No.1 19 May 1891 19 May 1891 1day
15th (1891 - 1894)
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/dfec828ccab30e94ca256e62007d20de?OpenDocument
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One of our on-going projects is to draw up biographical details of Manly's early Aldermen, who were a fascinating bunch. Of the 193 individuals who have been Aldermen or Councillors, we have photographs of all but 24. We may never find photos of some of the 19th century Aldermen, of course. Web-based sources have opened up new avenues of research, however. For example, until recently we knew very little about Alderman Walter Hussey Vivian (after whom Vivian Street is named). He was elected Alderman on 8 February 1890, but did not manage to attend a full Council meeting until 1 May that year. A supporter of Mayor John Cameron, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that he was only there to make up the numbers. His frequent absences were due to his being simultaneously the MLA for the seat of The Hastings and Manning from April 1890 to June 1891, where he represented the Free Trade interest. As he also had a share-broking business in Sydney, to which he devoted much of his time, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that he was about the most useless Alderman Manly has ever had.
He was probably born in Dorset in 1852; his father became a prominent and wealthy share-dealer in London, and Walter entered the family business. He emigrated to Australia some time between 1876 and 1879 with his wife Eliza, who bore him five daughters, the last of whom was born at Manly in 1885. He was active in local land dealings, and built himself a large two-storey house named The Chalet, just off Hilltop Crescent. His three years on the Council were uncreative; typically, he was against the formation of a public library. He attended his last Council meeting on 10 January 1893, and lost his seat in the Council elections of 7 February 1893. He retained his membership of the Sydney Stock Exchange until 1903, then left NSW, 'possibly for South Africa', speculates one source. He features in a group photograph held in the ASX collection. The Chalet was demolished in the 1930s.
http://manlylocalstudies.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.htmll
• Travel. Arrived in South Africa from Sydney, Australia in 1902.
http://www.gisa.org.za/site/sites/default/files/surname_pdfs/V/VIVIAN.pdf
• General Comment. http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/352.shtmll
This On Public Service Only stampless cover has a faint blue impression of 'Exhibition of Launceston' frank stamp plus a LAUNCESTON/ K/ AU 5/ 92 with a duplex TASMANIA obliterator. It is addressed to W.H. Vivian Esq, Executive Commissioner of N.S. Wales, 93 Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S.W. At the bottom left hand corner there is a printed TASMANIAN EXHIBITION, LAUNCESTON 1891-92. The reverse has only a partial SYDNEY reception postmark (Figures 1 & 2)
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Initial research showed very limited information, that he was born in Sydney in 1845, although official birth and parish records could not be found. He had a short N.S.W. parliamentary service as an MLA for Hastings and Manning from 5/4/1890 to 6/6/1891, there was no death date, and under 'Qualifications, occupations and interests' the following were listed: "Estate Agent. Believed to have settled later in South Africa." There was no picture of the member. The Sands Directory 1890 listed that he lived on the south side of Middle Harbour Road (Sydney Road), as 'W H Vivian, estate agent, [The Chalet]'. The 1895 edition of Sands again listed him on the south side of Sydney Road as W H Vivian, sharebroker, The Chalet and there was a footnote "W H Vivian was a Manly Alderman 1891-1893, and also MLA."
He married Eliza Alison in 1870, possibly in Dubbo, N.S.W. and they had six daughters over the period 1871 to 1881, the first three while living in Dubbo, the remainder in Sydney, and all recorded as living in Sydney. His office was at 93 Pitt Street, Sydney from where he ran his stockbroking firm. In 1901 he was the Honorary Secretary of the Sydney Stock Exchange, and there were no further local records of him, but once again there was the cryptic message that he had moved to South Africa. This was commented upon as being odd in regards to his abrupt leaving, considering his position in Sydney society.
The position of Executive Commissioner of N.S.W. (as he was addressed on the cover) was in fact the head of the N.S.W. Commission, a Government body established initially for the 1886 Colonial Exhibition in London. The Commission's aim was the promotion of N.S.W. industries and products at the Exhibition and at other exhibitions around Australia, as well as a responsibility to select the exhibits for the shows. Vivian was originally gazetted as a Commissioner, as well as a Justice of the Peace on the 16 th January 1885, and at some point he might have been promoted to the senior position, or he was incorrectly addressed as such.
From the N.S.W. Blue Books, it was found that Vivian was a member of the N.S.W. Commission for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. However examination of the Blue Books for 1892 and 1893 showed that he was not the Executive Commissioner, for that position was held by The Hon Arthur Renwick from 20 October, 1891. Therefore his being addressed as such in an official cover from the Tasmanian Exhibition 1891-1892 is somewhat a mystery. One has to wonder about his hasty removal to South Africa!
There is no date found for his death, or place of death, and no relationship was found to the family of Hussey Vivians in England, where Colonel Sir Henry Hussey Vivian and Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian were both Barons of Swansea.
This paper relies upon the much appreciated information supplied by David Berg, State Library of N.S.W and Greig Tillotson of the N.S.W. Parliamentary Library.
http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/352.shtmll
• Will. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1904&iid=31874_223134-00219&fn=Walter+Hussey&ln=Vivian&st=r&ssrc=&pid=5919761
VIVIAN Walter Hussey of Tower House Pinetown Natal South Africa deid 6 nov 1928 Probate Pietermaritzburg to John Gordon Carter accountant.
Effects GBP 2146 2s. 5d. in England. Sealed London 16 Mar 1929
• Census: UK, 1861. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1861&h=8505502&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1904
• Census: UK, 1871. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRFY-PFF
name: Walter H Vivian
event: Census
event date: 1871
gender: Male
age: 19
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Islington, Middlesex
record type: Household
registration district: Wandsworth
sub-district: Putney
event parish: Putney
county: London, Surrey
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self William Vivian M 53 Mawgan, Cornwall
wife Isabella Vivian F 46 Southwark, Middlesex
daughter Isabella M Vivian F 26 Lambeth, Surrey
son William Vivian M 22 Islington, Middlesex
son John B Vivian M 21 Islington, Middlesex
son Walter H Vivian M 19 Islington, Middlesex
daughter Kate Vivian F 17 Islington, Middlesex
daughter Bessie Vivian F 15 Islington, Middlesex
daughter Alice M Vivian F 13 Islington, Middlesex
daughter Florence G Vivian F 11 Hampstead, Middlesex
son Herbert L Vivian M 9 Hampstead, Middlesex
Walter married Eliza Alison, daughter of William Alison and Eliza Thomson, Sep Q 1876 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. (Eliza Alison was born in 1852 in , New South Wales, Australia, died in 1931 in , Natal, South Africa and was buried in Pinetown, Natal, South Africa.)
Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:
• Web Based Info. http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/352.shtmll
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