Démissionnant de la marine en 1838, il devient gestionnaire de l'immigration en Australie. En 1845, il est nommé superintendant de la Peninsula and Oriental Steam Company.
Publication
1842 : Remarks on steam communication between England and Australasia: As combined with a system of weekly communication between the colonies of Australasia
Hommages
Il est mentionné par Jules Verne au sujet de ses voyages dans les mers polaires dans son roman Le Sphinx des glaces (partie 1, chapitre III)[7].
↑Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, 1994, p. 51
↑Llewellyn Styles Dawson, Memoirs of hydrography: including brief biographies of the principal officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885, H.W. Keay, (lire en ligne), p. 105
↑Francess G. Halpenny, Dictionary of Canadian Biography,volume 7, 1988, p. 463
↑The Civil engineer and architect's journal,vol. 9, William Laxton, 1846, p. 57.
↑Llewellyn Styles Dawson, Memoirs of hydrography: including brief biographies of the principal officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885, H.W. Keay, 1830, p. 105
↑Alexandre Tarrieu, Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne, vol. 2 : F-M, éditions Paganel, 2021, p. 183-184
↑Sir John Franklin et Sir John Richardson, Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar seas, in the years 1825,1826, and 1827, Carey, Lea and Carey, (lire en ligne), p. 49
↑Sir John Franklin et Sir John Richardson, Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar seas, in the years 1825,1826, and 1827, Carey, Lea and Carey, (lire en ligne), p. 215