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From: Lloyd Rowsell <>
Subject: [NF-TRINITYBAY] "a sense of British history" RICHARD PRESTON BISHOP(Sept.17, 1884-Feb.13, 1954)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:37:18 -0800 (PST)

""Good morning, Joseph.

I don't know whether you can contact the men who were looking for information on Captain BISHOP. If you can, then the following:

RICHARD PRESTON BISHOP BCLC. Born 17 September, 1884 in Starcross, Devon;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcross
officer with British Admiralty 1906-1907; obtained his commission as a BC Land Surveyor in 1911; engaged in surveys along longitude 124 near Lillooet in 1912, along latitude 53 in 1913, and in the Cariboo north of Quesnel in 1915. He served as a Captain in WWI, returning to resume surveying duties in B.C. He died in Victoria, February 13, 1954.

There is a career biography in BC Land Surveyors' Annual Report 1955.

A British Columbia River (BISHOP River) was named for him, adopted 6 May, 1924.""

http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=5127

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""In 1920 RPB's hope and ambition was to
write a book himself and call it "Drake's New England"... with the
dedication to "all who love old and New England and to their
mutual understanding"....."an ancestor, Gilbert STAPLEHILL of
Dartmouth had some dealings with Drake""...his wife Vivien "Oohnah De Blois (Green) Bishop"

http://www.mortimer.co.uk/manors/parishes.htm


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