Crawford Pasco


Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco was a Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century.

Career

There were two periods to his career, first as in the Royal Navy:
He wrote in 1846 to the editor of the Hong Kong Register suggesting that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company might extend its mail steamer services from Singapore to Australia. The letter was republished in the Sydney Morning Herald. and other Australian papers.
In 1852 P. & O. Co. gave him free passage on the inaugural voyage to Australia of the.
And later in Victoria, Australia:
Pasco retired in Melbourne and became a founder member of the Victorian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1884, he was chairman of the first Antarctic Exploration Committee.
In 1885, he published Early exploration of Australia. In 1897 he published A Roving Commission, a vivid account of his naval life.

Family

Crawford Pasco was the youngest son of Rear Admiral John Pasco and his wife Rebecca, née Penfold.
He was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Emmett, daughter of Henry James Emmett and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, née Townsend, After the death of his first wife he married Francis Emily Barker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Barker and Francis Alicia née Lauder of Melbourne.
There were 8 and 3 offspring respectively from his marriages.