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Francis Crossman Doveton & Mary Ann Snell

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Francis & Mary's Marriage Certificate

Mr F C Doveton was the son of Rev John Frederick Doveton, of Everdon hall, county Northampton, where he was born.
Coming out as a lieutenant with his regiment, the 51st, in 1838, to Sydney, he served for some time in Tasmania, where he was well known as the crack rider of his regiment.
He was for a time in Western Australia. When at Sandhurst be was one of five specially selected to give an exhibition of horsemanship before King William IV., his Queen Consort, and the then Princess Victoria.

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Thomas Frederick Doveton Birth Cert

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