b. medium1832(?)
d. 1887-09
Richard Golledge arrived in
Victoria on the barque
Tory in 1851 as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. He became
Douglas's private secretary almost immediately, remaining in the position until 1858, when
he returned to private life.
In 1864, he was appointed acting gold commissioner for
Sooke by Governor Arthur E. Kennedy, who found it necessary to suspend him for intoxication
on the job and frequenting with prostitutes. By 1884, Golledge had become a vagrant
and was accused of stealing a canoe. He died of heart disease in September 1887.
James E. Hendrickson, ed., Journals of the Colonial Legislatures, 1: 152-64, 180; British Colonist, 31 July 1884, 7 September 1887, 31 July 1884, 7 September 1887, and 7 August 1977,
pp. 10-11, VI 25.2.