Colonial Despatches

William Ernest De Veulle was born in Jersey to Sir Jean de Veulle (Bailiff of Jersey, 1831-1848) and Anne Eliza Tindal (sister of Acton Tindal, and daughter of Thomas Tindal, Treasurer of Buckingham and niece of Lord Chief Justice Tindal), in 1833.1 At 56 years of age, on January 9, 1889, De Veulle passed away in Victoria, survived by his wife and four daughters, one of which was a member of a Protestant sisterhood in India.2 He lived at 118 Fort Street, and is interred in Ross Bay Cemetery.3

• 1. a very good c.1840s pencil & charcoal family portrait; the family of sir jean de veulle, bailiff of jersey 1831-1848, doe & hope antique dealers.
• 2. The British Daily Colonist, 1889-01-08.
• 3. Ibid.