See also
| Husband: | Marshall Waller Clifton (1787-1861) | |
| Wife: | Elinor Katherine Bell (1792-1866) | |
| Children: | Francis Clifton (1812-1892) | |
| Waller Clifton (1813-1894) | ||
| Louisa Clifton (1814-1880) | ||
| William Pearce Clifton (1816-1885) | ||
| Robert Williams Clifton (1817-1897) | ||
| Joseph Bingham Clifton (1819-1819) | ||
| Elinor Katharine Clifton (1820-1904) | ||
| Mary Clifton (1822-1893) | ||
| George Clifton (1823-1913) | ||
| Gervase Clifton (1825-1913) | ||
| Charles Hippuff Clifton (1827-1890) | ||
| Lucy Clifton (1829-1906) | ||
| Leonard Worsley Clifton (1830-1895) | ||
| Rachel Catherine Clifton (1833-1852) | ||
| Caroline Clifton (1835-1883) | ||
| Marriage | 2 Jul 1811 | St Mary's Church, Putney, Surrey |
| Name: | Marshall Waller Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Francis Clifton (1755-1811) | |
| Mother: | Rebekah Katherine Bingham (1771-1830) | |
| Birth | 1 Nov 1787 | Alverstoke, Hampshire |
| Death | 10 Apr 1861 (age 73) | Upton House, Australind, Western Australia |
| Name: | Elinor Katherine Bell | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Daniel Bell (1753-1834) | |
| Mother: | Elinor Turner (c. 1769-1836) | |
| Birth | 3 Oct 1792 | Wandle House, Wandsworth, Surrey |
| Death | 19 Feb 1866 (age 73) | Moorland, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Name: | Francis Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Eleanor Martin ( -1854) | |
| Spouse 2: | Marion Fergus Manson ( -1882) | |
| Birth | 18 Apr 1812 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 31 Jul 1812 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 13 Jan 1892 (age 79) | Silverdale, Oak Hill Road, Putney, Surrey |
| Name: | Waller Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 2 May 1813 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 10 Apr 1815 (age 1) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 3 Jan 1894 (age 80) | Fulham, Middlesex |
| Name: | Louisa Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | George Eliot (1816-1895) | |
| Birth | 1 Jun 1814 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 1 Jan 1815 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 12 Oct 1880 (age 66) | Geraldton, W Australia |
| Name: | William Pearce Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 3 Jan 1816 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 31 Jan 1816 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 1 May 1885 (age 69) | |
| Name: | Robert Williams Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Christina Grant Martin (1821-1909) | |
| Birth | 22 May 1817 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 21 Jun 1817 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 22 Apr 1897 (age 79) | Upton House, Australind, Western Australia |
| Name: | Joseph Bingham Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 22 Sep 1819 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 3 Oct 1819 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | Oct 1819 (age 0) | Putney, Surrey |
| Burial | 10 Oct 1819 | St Mary, Putney, Surrey (infant) |
| Name: | Elinor Katharine Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 11 Oct 1820 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 8 Nov 1820 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Occupation | 1854 (age 33-34) | 1st Australind Postmistress 1854-1867 |
| Death | 21 Mar 1904 (age 83) | Australind, W Australia |
| Name: | Mary Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Harley Robert Johnston (1816-1853) | |
| Birth | 14 Mar 1822 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 24 Apr 1822 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 18 Jul 1893 (age 71) | Leschenault, Bunbury, Australia |
| Name: | George Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Eliza Naylor Roe (1834-1925) | |
| Birth | 15 Mar 1823 | Somerset House, Strand, Middlesex |
| Census | 1871 (age 47-48) | Governor of Portland Prison, Grove, Portland, Dorset |
| Census | 1881 (age 57-58) | Governor of Convict Prison, Grove, Portland, Dorset |
| Census | 1911 (age 87-88) | Royal Navy & H M C S, 8 Lewes Road, Eastbourne |
| Death | 12 Aug 1913 (age 90) | 8 Lewes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Name: | Gervase Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 25 Aug 1825 | London |
| Death | 19 Feb 1913 (age 87) | |
| Name: | Charles Hippuff Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Maria Elizabeth Glynn (1829-1890) | |
| Birth | 29 May 1827 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 23 Jun 1833 (age 6) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 21 Jun 1890 (age 63) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Name: | Lucy Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry William Brown (1822-1886) | |
| Birth | 14 Jul 1829 | London |
| Death | 17 Oct 1906 (age 77) | |
| Name: | Leonard Worsley Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Stormont Ferguson (1839-1918) | |
| Birth | 19 Nov 1830 | |
| Death | 9 Nov 1895 (age 64) | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Name: | Rachel Catherine Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | George Smith (c. 1820-1852) | |
| Birth | 10 Mar 1833 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 23 Jun 1833 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 2 Jul 1852 (age 19) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Name: | Caroline Clifton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William John Clifton (1816-1885) | |
| Birth | 2 May 1835 | Putney, Surrey |
| Baptism | 12 Aug 1835 (age 0) | St Mary, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 29 Mar 1883 (age 47) | York, W Australia |
Marshall Waller Clifton was born 1 November 1787 at Alverstoke, near Gosport, Hampshire, England, to Rev. Francis Clifton and Rebekah Katherine (née Bingham).
He joined the Admiralty as an extra clerk on 9 September 1805, and was promoted to junior clerk on 15 March 1811, 2nd class clerk on 5 February 1816, and 1st class clerk on 21 August 1819.
On 2 July 1811, Waller, as he was known, married Elinor Bell of Wandle House, Wandsworth, London, who was first cousin to Elizabeth Fry, the famous prison reformer. Waller and Elinor had fifteen children. Eleven of these later came to Western Australia with their parents, and one followed later (George, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, in 1843).
On 22 January 1822, Waller was appointed secretary to the Victualling Board for the Royal Navy at Somerset House. In 1828 he was elected to membership of the Royal Society. After the position of secretary to the Victualling Board was abolished in 1832, Waller was retired on a pension and moved his family to France for eight years.
In 1840 the Western Australian Land Company was formed in London with the purpose of promoting a land settlement scheme. Marshall Waller Clifton was appointed Chief Commissioner and his son, Robert Williams Clifton (1817–1897) was appointed secretary to Waller. The name of the settlement, Australind, a contraction of Australia and India, was chosen as it was hoped to establish trade between the two countries.
Waller and his family sailed to Australind on the barque "Parkfield" in October 1840, arriving in March 1841. In 1841 Waller was also appointed a Magistrate and Justice of the Peace. However approval for the settlement was not finalised until 6 April 1842, and after this Waller was given an allotment of land at 15 Clifton Rd, which he named "Alverstoke" and on which the original house still stands today.
The Western Australian Land Company collapsed in 1843, finally ceasing all operations in Western Australia within 3 years and the settlers were left to fend for themselves.
Waller's children all became prominent members of society in Bunbury, Australind and Brunswick, occupying many important positions such as Resident Magistrate (Pearce), Inspector of Water Police (George, who later returned to England and became Governor of Dartmoor Prison), member of the Town Trust (Pearce), Collector of Customs at Fremantle (Worsley). At one time, the Under Secretary for Lands, the Under Treasurer and the Surveyor General were all grandson's of Waller's. In 1897 about twenty of Waller's grandchildren held senior offices in the Western Australian public service.
In 1847 Waller moved to Upton House, which was originally built for Elizabeth Fry, who died in 1845 and her husband sold the house to Marshall Waller Clifton.
In 1851, Waller became a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. He became known for fighting for the rights of the small landholders, which caused friction with the larger landholders and merchants of the Colony. He remained in the Legislative Council until the age of 71, resigning in 1858.
Marshall Waller Clifton died at Upton House on 10 April 1861 after a long illness. His obituary in the Perth Gazette of 19 April 1861 reads:
"It is with much regret that we record in our obituary of this day the death of Marshall Waller Clifton, Esq., of Australind. From his first arrival in the Colony, 20 years ago, to the period of his death, Mr. Clifton occupied a prominent position amongst us. When in the Legislative Council he was one of its most active and intelligent members. As a Horticulturist he was pre-eminent, the practical results of his various experiments in that branch of science leaving him no compeer. As the country gentleman, he was the personification of hospitality; whilst his agreeable manners, well-stored mind, and hilarity of spirits enhanced in no small degree the pleasures of his wayfaring guests. In his family relations Mr. Clifton was in all respects patriarchal, and although he lived and died 'amidst a grove of his own kindred', there were many absent ones to grieve over his loss. In society at large he leaves a blank, as all must feel who have appreciated his presence during those periodical visits he was wont to pay to Perth and Fremantle; when, as 'The observed of all observers' his elasticity of spirits and 'Bonhommie' served to create, at least, a pleasing ripple upon the too often monotonous surface of our every day life."
Marshall Waller and Elinor Clifton's children were:
Francis (1812–1892); Waller (1813–1894); Louisa (1814–1880); William Pearce (1816–1885); Robert Williams (1817–1897); Joseph Bingham (1819, died in infancy); Elinor Katharine (Ellen) (1820–1904); Mary (1822–1893); George (1823–1913); Gervase (1825–1913); Charles Hippuff (1827–1890); Lucy (1829–1906); Leonard Worsley (1830–1895); Rachel Catherine (1833–1852); Caroline (1835–1883).
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Mrs. Marshall Waller Clifton, of Australind, was Miss Elinor Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell, of Wandle House, Wandsworth, Surrey. Born in 1792, married in 1811, widowed in 1861, and dying in 1866. she was the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom came to Australia with her in 1840 on a voyage lasting four months. A beautiful woman, tall and stately, she always dressed in Quaker garb, and was a first cousin of the famous Elizabeth Fry. Coming out on the voyage she used to read the Bible to the migrants on the ship on Sundays for an hour, and spoke at Quaker meetings. Her husband, who was staunch Church of England, used to read them the Prayer Book service. Mrs. Clifton's cousin, the Rev. J. M. Bingham, wrote a book entitled "The Antiquities of the Church of England"; but, though others greatly admired it, Mrs. Clifton called it "Bingham's Iniquities," and used the volume always as a door weight! Though not an active housekeeper, she was a helpful supporter of her husband in his official duties, and in the entertainment of his many visitors. Nevertheless, she was resourceful on occasion, for once, when she was ill, a sitting hen was reported as deserting its eggs, so she ordered them to be wrapped in flannel, and took them into her bed. where they hatched out safely. She had 66 grandchildren, 173 great-grand- children, and at least 131 great-great- grandchildren.
Source: "Pioneer Women" by Edith D Cowan, Western Mail, Perth WA, 4 Jul 1929