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James Conway Victor
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[[File:Military Museum of Tasmania 2010.JPG|thumb|330px|Hobart Barracks Gaol - now a military museum]]
Major General '''James Conway Victor''' [[Royal Engineers|RE]] (1792–1864) was a 19th century British office of the British Army serving mainly in [[Tasmania]] as a military engineer and architect. He served as Director of Public Works (Roads and Bridges) in Tasmania from 1843, and was responsible for much of the road infrastructure.
==Life==
[[File:Royal Engineers Building, Hobart.jpg|thumb|330px|Royal Engineers Building, Hobart]]
[[File:The grave of Major General James Conway Victor, Dean Cemetery.jpg|thumb|The grave of Major General James Conway Victor, Dean Cemetery]]
He was born in [[London]] on 17 March 1792.<ref>https://ift.tt/332hFf9>
He entered the newly created [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a cadet in 1807 and was created a second lieutenant in 1810 and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1811. He served in the [[Peninsular War]] from 1812 to 1814. He saw action at the [[Battle of Nive]], [[Battle of Orthes]] and [[Battle of Toulouse (1814)]].<ref>https://ift.tt/32XOlX7>
In 1821 he was promoted to Captain. This appears to have been in the more sedate [[Royal Engineers]] who were not actively engaged in battles during this period. In 1831 he was stationed in [[Bytown]] in [[Canada]] working on the [[Rideau Canal]] under Col John By. He rose to the rank of Brigade Major by 1837.<ref>The Montreal Almanack 1831</ref>
In the autumn of 1842 he sailed on the "''Emily''" with his wife and young daughter to [[Hobart]] in [[Tasmania]], arriving in November 1842 as Commander of the Royal Engineers in Tasmania. He was also appointed as Director of Public Works. He settled in Hobart but his works took him to all parts of the island.<ref>https://ift.tt/32XOlX7>
He was assisted by Major [[Sydney Cotton]] on projects such as the water supply to Hobart and [[Launceston]]. Lieutenant Governor Sir [[John Eardley-Wilmot]] appointed Victor as Director of the amalgamated bodies executing public works in 1843 but this system did not work well and it was split back into two bodies by 1844.<ref>https://ift.tt/32XOlX7>
In 1846/47 he resisted the orders of Lieutenant Governor Sir [[William Denison]], whom he probably new from his earlier service in the Royal Engineers. He was commanded to draw up plans for a new [[wharf]] ([[Franklin's Wharf]]) in Hobart, but instead in July 1847 wrote to his commander in England explaining why this project was financially flawed. However, instead of finding sympathy, this brought about the extreme displeasure of his superiors. They thereafter slowly wound down his involvement in Tasmania, and offered him an early retiral. He probably did not see the completion of the Royal Engineers Building in Hobart which he designed in 1846.<ref>https://ift.tt/333sE82>
He lived on Hampden Road in [[Hobart]] until December 1848 when he retired to Britain to live in [[Edinburgh]], to be close to his wife's relatives. He sailed back on the"''Calcutta''" with his wife and 13 year old daughter<ref>https://ift.tt/32XOlX7>.
Despite this obvious shun by his superiors he was appeased by a promotion to Major General in 1854 which secured him a very healthy pension.<ref>https://ift.tt/32XOlX7>
He died at home, 12 Eton Terrace in west Edinburgh, on 4 February 1864.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1864</ref> He is buried in [[Dean Cemetery]]. The grave faces north onto the inner north path within the original cemetery.<ref>https://ift.tt/2XszYJb>
==Family==
In April 1834 he married Anne Dashwood Young (d.1876), youngest daughter of Alexander Young of Harburn House in [[Midlothian]] (near [[West Calder]]).
They had one daughter, Sophia Victor (1835-1914).
==Buildings and Structures==
*Most bridges in Tasmania dating from 1843 to 1848.
*Royal Engineers Building, Hobart
*Gaol at [[Anglesea Barracks]] in Hobart (now the [[Army Museum of Tasmania]]) (1847)
*Hobart Gaol
*Convict Hospital, [[Campbell Street Gaol]], Hobart.
*Government Cottage (forerunner to [[Government House, Hobart]])
*Outbuildings and landscaping at Government House
==References==
[[Category:1792 births]]
[[Category:1864 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hobart]]
[[Category:British Army officers]]
[[Category:Military engineers]]
[[Category:Hobart]]
[[Category:Burials at the Dean Cemetery]]
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