Alfred Lester
| Alfred Lester | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | c.1819 |
| Died |
May 1900 Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Occupation | Publican |
| Years active | 1855-1892 |
| Known for |
Free Trade Hotel Lester's Hotel |
| Home town | Ballarat |
| Children | Alfred |
Alfred Lester was a publican in Ballarat, Victoria, <1855-1892>.
History[edit | edit source]
Lester had the license for the Free Trade Hotel in 1855.[1]
His son, Alfred, died at the hotel on 3 April 1857:
DIED, On Friday last, the 3rd instant, Alfred, the infant son of Alfred Lester, Free Trade Hotel, Eureka.[2]
In June 1857 and 1858 his license for the hotel was renewed.[3][4]
Lester had the license for Lester's Hotel in Sturt Street, Ballarat, from at least June 1862 to July 1892.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
In June 1868 the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum made him a Life Governor:
The secretary stated that he had received £10 10s from Mr Alfred Lester as a donation for a life-governorship of the institution[11]
In July 1885 a man was charged with giving Lester bad cheques:
John Barrymore was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, the first four days of the third and fourth months to be spent in solitary confinement, for passing valueless cheques to Alfred Lester, of Lester's Hotel.[9]
In July 1892 the license for Lester's Hotel was transferred from Alfred Lester to Mary Lester.[10]
Lester died in Melbourne in May 1900:
LESTER.— At his late residence, "Ontario," Power street, Hawthorn, Alfred Lester, late of Ballarat, in his 81st year.[12]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1855 'BALLARAT.', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 17 April, p. 5. , viewed 12 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154896643
- ↑ 1857 'Family Notices', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 6 April, p. 2. , viewed 05 Aug 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66041623
- ↑ 1857 'GENERAL ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 13 June, p. 2. , viewed 20 Aug 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66042654
- ↑ 1858 'EASTERN POLICE COURT.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 16 June, p. 2. , viewed 01 Dec 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66048685
- ↑ 1862 'DISTRICT POLICE COURT.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 18 June, p. 2, viewed 12 February, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66324917
- ↑ 1863 'BALLARAT WEST PUBLICANS' ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 12 June, p. 4, viewed 10 February, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72514938
- ↑ 1864 'DISTRICT PUBLICANS' LICENSING MEETING.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 2 July, p. 4. , viewed 10 Oct 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66346137
- ↑ 1873 'LICENSING BENCH.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 24 December, p. 4. , viewed 11 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201608890
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 1885 'THE BALLARAT ASSIZES.', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 28 July, p. 5. , viewed 12 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191192717
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 1892 'No title', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 7 July, p. 2. , viewed 05 Aug 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204984320
- ↑ 1868 'BALLARAT DISTRICT ORPHAN ASYLUM.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 15 June, p. 3. , viewed 12 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113844957
- ↑ 1900 'Family Notices', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 12 May, p. 34. , viewed 05 Aug 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222250387
External links[edit | edit source]
- Alfred Lester in the Eurekapedia, includes a photograph