Tannatt William Edgeworth David KBE (1858 - 1934)

Biography

Edgeworth David KBE is Notable.

Edgeworth David KBE is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Tannatt William Edgeworth David was born on 28th January 1858 in the rectory of St Fagans, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was the eldest child of the Reverend William David, a sometime fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and his wife Margaret Harriette, (née Thomson).

Edgeworth David KBE migrated from Wales to New South Wales.

On 30th July 1885 at St Paul's Church of England (now Anglican Church), Canterbury, in the Colony of New South Wales (Australia), Edgeworth married Caroline Martha (Cara) Mallett, whom he had met on the voyage to Sydney in 1882 on the Potosi, which arrived in Sydney on the 26th November 1882.

In September 1920, he was created Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for his services during the war.

Aged 76 years, Sir Edgeworth David died of lobar pneumonia on 28th August 1934 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and was accorded a state funeral by the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments in St Andrew's Church of England (Anglican) Cathedral. His remains were then cremated with military honours. He was survived by his wife, son and two daughters

It is also worth noting that the main street of Waitara in the Hornsby Shire Council area is known as Edgeworth David Avenue in his honour.

In 1968 Sir Edgeworth David was honoured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post.

Sources

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: registration no. 2328/1885 - groom: DAVID, TANNALT W. E. - bride: MALLETT, CAROLINE M. - district: CANTERBURY. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022 from the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages search at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages?

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages. DEATH: DAVID, TANNATT W. E. - registration no. 16543/1934 - father: WILLIAM - mother: MARGARET H. - district: NEWTOWN. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022 from the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages search at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/deaths?

• Wikidata: Item Q498915

• WikiTree: Australian Knights and Dames; accessed 13 Jul 2024.

• Dictionary of Welsh Biography

• TANNATT WILLIAM EDGEWORTH DAVID (1858–1934) from the Australian Antarctic Program website.

• D. F. Branagan and T. G. Vallance, David, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858–1934), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/david-sir-tannatt-william-edgeworth-5894/text10033, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 11 August 2022.

• Antarctic explorer and discoverer of coal fields written by Samantha Elley 2022. first retrieved from the Tales from the Grave website on the 11th of August, 2022 at: https://www.talesfromthegrave.org/post/antarctic-explorer-and-discoverer-of-coal-fields?fbclid=IwAR2sBN1DlMGyGq32ObQ7jtOBpzSmOLizUS7T8Xm3ldaCTzN0wAHn2skZyyE

• WIKIPEDIA

• Edgeworth David from the Hornsby Shire Council website. first accessed on the 13th of August, 2022.

• NAA: B2455, DAVID T W E World War I Attestation papers. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022.

• AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973) of Thursday 28 October 1915 [Issue No.133], Page 2766. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232466662?searchTerm=%22Edgeworth%20David%22%20Tannatt%20William%20explorer%20geologist

Further Reading

• DAVID, SIR TANNATT WILLIAM EDGEWORTH (1858-1934), geologist from PERCIVAL SERLE's the DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY. first accessed on the 13th of August, 2022.

• PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. from The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955) of Saturday 28 September 1907, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128282660?

• PROFESSOR DAVID: LEAVING FOR THE FRONT. from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Friday 29 October 1915, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15621745?

• PRACTICAL PATRIOTS from The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954) of Sunday 14 May 1916, Page 3. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221363920?

• CIVILIANS. from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) of Wednesday 2 January 1918, Page 4. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/239252011?searchTerm=%22Edgeworth%20David%22%20Tannatt%20William%20explorer%20geologist

• Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973) of Thursday 18 April 1918 [Issue No.57] Page 841. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232464226?searchTerm=%22Edgeworth%20David%22%20Tannatt%20William%20explorer%20geologist

• SIR EDGEWORTH DAVID from the Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938) of Wednesday 4 May 1921, page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 14th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159038224

• The Late Sir Edgeworth David from the Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938) of Wednesday 5 September 1934, Page 10. first accessed on TROVE on the 14th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166108334

• SIR EDGEWORTH DAVID from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954) of Saturday 12 January 1935, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246498326?

• SYDNEY, NSW, 1916-02-16. PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL TANNATT WILLIAM EDGEWORTH DAVID DSO, A GEOLOGIST WHO ADVISED AND SUGGESTED THE USE OF MINERS FOR TUNNELLING AND ENGINEERING WORKS AT THE DARDANELLES AND ELSEWHERE. (DONOR A. EDGEWORTH). from the Australian War Memorial website. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022 at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C203662

• Major William Edgeworth David Tannatt ROLLS from the Australian War Memorial website. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022.

• Lieutenant Colonel Tannatt William Edgeworth David ROLLS from the Australian War Memorial website. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022.

• Lieutenant Colonel Tannatt William Edgeworth David Collection items from Australian War Memorial website. first accessed online on the 13th of August, 2022.