Singleton, Lieutenant W. C.
W.C. Singleton was a member of the Royal Navy and crew member of the HMS Devastation.1 He was also part of the Masonic community in Victoria.2 As mentioned in this despatch, Singleton and Daw were ordered by Commander Pike of the HMS Devastation to search the house of Louis Morris for illegal alcohol.
  • 1. AUCTION SALE AT THE NAVY-YARD THIRTEEN VESSELS BRING $387,800. OBITUARY. THE PURSUIT OF THE SHENANDOAH. MISCELLANEOUS., Naval Intelligence.
  • 2. John LutzA Selection of the Masonic Community., The Freemasons of Victoria.
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Daw, W. T.

Morris, Louis

Pike, Commander John W.

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HMS Devastation, 1841-1866

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Victoria

The Colonial Despatches Team. Singleton, Lieutenant W. C.. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/singleton_wc.html.

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