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| William was Thomas and Eliza Prior's younger son, a soldier and artist. He was born on 18 November 1821 at [[wp>Bruges|Bruges]], then in the Netherlands, now in Belguim.((((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry; Thomas Bertram M-P, //Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d., p.24.)) He was baptised at [[wp>Bray,_Berkshire|Bray]] in Berkshire on 19 January 1825.((notes written in Thomas Prior’s prayer book, ((Provenance: J. Godden.)) His baptism as a three-year old is further confirmation that his parents were [[wp>Evangelical_Anglicanism|evangelical Anglicans]]. He appears to have been named after his uncle Augustus Skynner.((TLM-P, Diary, 19 August 1882, ML.)) \\ | William was Thomas and Eliza Prior's younger son, a soldier and artist. He was born on 18 November 1821 at [[wp>Bruges|Bruges]], then in the Netherlands, now in Belguim.((((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry; Thomas Bertram M-P, //Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d., p.24.)) He was baptised at [[wp>Bray,_Berkshire|Bray]] in Berkshire on 19 January 1825.((notes written in Thomas Prior’s prayer book, ((Provenance: J. Godden.)) His baptism as a three-year old is further confirmation that his parents were [[wp>Evangelical_Anglicanism|evangelical Anglicans]]. He appears to have been named after his uncle Augustus Skynner.((TLM-P, Diary, 19 August 1882, ML.)) \\ |
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| William became an ensign((lowest rank of commissioned officer in infantry regiments)) in the [[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]. His regiment is confirmed by two pieces of evidence. The first is some loose blank pages, originally part of a book, with the inscription ‘W.A. Murray Prior. 59th Regt.”. The second is //The Kings Regulations and Orders for the Army//, 1 June 1837, with the name in it of 'W A Murray Prior 59th Regt.'((Provenance: J. Godden.)) Note that Tomas Bertram M-P has William as an Ensign in the 8th Foot Regiment, //Thomas Bertram M-P, Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d., p.24.)) \\ | William became an ensign((lowest rank of commissioned officer in infantry regiments)) in the [[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]. As evidence from this time, we have: some loose blank pages, originally part of a book, with the inscription ‘W.A. Murray Prior. 59th Regt.”; //The Kings Regulations and Orders for the Army//, 1 June 1837, with the name in it of 'W A Murray Prior 59th Regt'((Provenance: J. Godden.)); and a 1842 account book with the name W.A. Murray-Prior, Ensign 59th Regiment, Jersey.((in NLA< Ms 7801, Box 6)) ((Note that Tomas Bertram M-P has William as an Ensign in the 8th Foot Regiment, //Thomas Bertram M-P, Some Australasian Families Descended from Royalty//, ms, n.d., p.24.)) \\ |
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| William was also an artist who studied under [[wp>Thomas_Sidney_Cooper|Thomas Cooper]].((TLM-P, Diary, 9 August 1882, ML. Four of Cooper's paintings are in the Art Gallery of NSW, see [[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=cooper-thomas-sidney]])) The following damaged unframed painting of herefords is in Cooper's style (see [[https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Sidney+Cooper+painting&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCl9Ly8-neAhVUSX0KHWK2BVEQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=938#imgrc=A7g6hqw_cNPk0M:|Cooper painting]]) so may be one of William's in imitation when he was learning. Alternatively, Jemima gave TLM-P at least one painting by Cooper, one with trees in it, which TLM-P described as having been bought by their father, so this painting maybe by Cooper himself.{{:cattle_enhanced.jpg?300|}} ((Provenance: From G.S. M-P to T.A. M-P)) \\ | William was also an artist who studied under [[wp>Thomas_Sidney_Cooper|Thomas Cooper]].((TLM-P, Diary, 9 August 1882, ML. Four of Cooper's paintings are in the Art Gallery of NSW, see [[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=cooper-thomas-sidney]])) The following damaged unframed painting of herefords is in Cooper's style (see [[https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Sidney+Cooper+painting&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCl9Ly8-neAhVUSX0KHWK2BVEQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=938#imgrc=A7g6hqw_cNPk0M:|Cooper painting]]) so may be one of William's in imitation when he was learning. Alternatively, Jemima gave TLM-P at least one painting by Cooper, one with trees in it, which TLM-P described as having been bought by their father, so this painting maybe by Cooper himself.{{:cattle_enhanced.jpg?300|}} ((Provenance: From G.S. M-P to T.A. M-P)) \\ |
| In addition, in his will, TLM-P left his daughter Rosa Praed, a 'portrait of my Mother by W.A. M. Prior'((TLM-P, last will and testament, 1892, original in QJO, donated by Tom A. M-P.)) | In addition, in his will, TLM-P left his daughter Rosa Praed, a 'portrait of my Mother by W.A. M. Prior'((TLM-P, last will and testament, 1892, original in QJO, donated by Tom A. M-P.)) |
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| To DO: 1837 diary of W.H. Prior part of diaries donated to ML? | ((To DO: 1837 diary of W.A. Prior part of diaries donated to ML?)) |
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