Charlotte Louisa de BELIN (LYDIARD)
| Town/City | Marayong 2148 |
|---|---|
| First name | Charlotte Louisa |
| Last name | de BELIN (LYDIARD) |
| Country of Origin | France |
| Date of Birth | c1827 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1857 |
| Submitted by | Leslie de Belin |
Story
Charlotte Louisa de BELIN was born in Havre, France, about 1827 to parents Reverend Charles Joseph de BELIN and Mary Ann Nugent WATTS, her father conducting an English School in France for the previous 10 years. The family then moved to the Channel Islands for a number of years, then to Guildford, England, where the father was a School Principal.
Charlotte sailed on “SS Royal Charter” leaving Liverpool 15/5/1857, and arriving Melbourne 19/7/1857, being listed as “single adult female de BELIN”. A Musical Programme for the voyage shows her singing the song “What are the Wild Waves Saying”.
On 11/8/1857 in Melbourne she married Charles John Pitfield LYDIARD b.1829 in Guildford, Surrey. The 1841 English Census shows him boarding at Guildford Grammar School where Charlotte’s father was headmaster. LYDIARD was the son of George William LYDIARD (Captain RN) and Mary STURT (aunt of explorer Charles STURT). STURT’s brother, Evelyn Pitfield STURT, was witness at Charlotte’s wedding. Charles LYDIARD was a member of the Victorian Police Force from 1/7/1851 until 31/8/1860. He was in charge of the first gold escort from Ballarat on 23/9/1851. He stayed in Ballarat until 1854, and Lydiard Street, Bathurst, is named after him. He then moved to Belfast (a.k.a. Port Fairy) Victoria, until his resignation as Police Superintendent. He later joined the NSW Police Force retaining that rank until his retirement at Bathurst. He was receiving a pension of 375 pounds in 1888.
Charlotte and Charles had 6 children;
i) Lizzie Emilly b.and d.1859, Belfast VIC
ii) Marion b.1862 d.1935 Bowral NSW.
iii) Ellen Zoe b.20/7/1863 Maitland NSW
iv) Gertrude Cissie b.20/3/1865.
v) George Charles Sydney b.2/3/1868 Bathurst d.1922 Hunters Hill, a Captain NSW Mounted Rifles, Boer War 1900.
vi) Florence b. and d.1867 Bathurst.
Charlotte Louisa de BELIN d.14/5/1887 from tracheitis at Stanley St. Bathurst, her husband Charles LYDIARD d.22/12/1889 from hepatic disease. Both buried Bathurst Cemetery – headstone inscription “In memory of Charlotte Louisa, the beloved wife of CJP LYDIARD, Superintendent of Police, who departed this life, May 15th, 1887, aged 56 years. Death is the summons of the Lord, the losing of the silver cord, the breaking of the golden bowl, the exit of the captive soul. Also of Charles John Pitfield LYDIARD, who died 22/12/1889, age 59 years”.