George Charles DEVERILL [1247]

  General Notes:

William Edward Herbert Deverill (1848-1904) and his brother, George, were young Englishmen sent to Hawai'i (Sandwich Islands) by Queen Victoria to deliver a silver urn and other christening gifts to Prince Albert (1858-1862), the son of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.
But when the prince, dangerously ill when they arrived in Honolulu on Aug. 22, 1862, died on the 27th, the brothers presented their gifts to Queen Emma instead and then chose to forego the arduous return voyage to England in favor of remaining in Hawai'i. George died of tuberculosis,
Ref: http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/island-history-for-friday-june/article_9c99cf7c-7aa9-11df-80ab-001cc4c03286.html
Note: This is the only report of George travelling to Hawaii, most reports put Edward and Alfred as the emisaries.

Vancouver Island Coal Mining and Land Co.
In 1864, the company hired an architect in Britain, George Deverill, to draft a town plan based on topographical maps of the area. Deverill gave Nanaimo one of its most distinctive features, the fan shaped pattern of the downtown streets. Rather than section the town into a grid of regular rectangles, the streets follow the natural downward slope and bowl formation of the land. Such responsive planning was popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the construction of new towns. The radial plan also reflects aesthetic ideals popular in civic architecture at the time. City planning in London, Paris, and in newer American cities emphasized both beauty and reason. Wide avenues and streets were constructed to provide the most attractive sight lines and efficiently move traffic to important districts. In the case of Nanaimo, the radial plan leads the traveller to the primary business district and towards the natural beauty of the harbour.

Married Mar 8, 1865, at St Paul's Church, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, George Charles Deverill, Esq, Asst Mgr of Vancouver Island Coal Mining and Land Co, 2nd Son of late Colonel Deverill, HM 90th Light Infantry, to Mary, eldest Daughter of W H Franklyn, Esq, Justice of the Peace, Stipendiary Magistrate and Government Agent, Nanaimo. [see also Mar 9, 3 ? A Wedding Party] [Colonist, 1865-03-08*]
Births, Marriages and Deaths found in the index of Historical Victoria Newspapers Nanaimo 1858 to December 31, 1871
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bcvancou/nanpriorto1872.htm

A George Charles Deverill is mentioned in - Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition
edited by John Hayman 23 Jul 1864
http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=lf6t_IZHGAoC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=George+Charles+Deverill&source=bl&ots=W54VsXzZls&sig=2MB3c7W51OL4C1g0Uewh2pbxSKs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RcE8UYfoPISckQXK7oDQAw&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg

NANAIMO'S HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
In 1864, the company hired an architect in Britain, George Deverill, to draft a town plan based on topographical maps of the area. Deverill gave Nanaimo one of its most distinctive features, the fan shaped pattern of the downtown streets. Rather than section the town into a grid of regular rectangles, the streets follow the natural downward slope and bowl formation of the land. Such responsive planning was popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the construction of new towns. The radial plan also reflects aesthetic ideals popular in civic architecture at the time. City planning in London, Paris, and in newer American cities emphasized both beauty and reason. Wide avenues and streets were constructed to provide the most attractive sight lines and efficiently move traffic to important districts. In the case of Nanaimo, the radial plan leads the traveller to the primary business district and towards the natural beauty of the harbour.
Ref:http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Community~Planning/Heritage~Planning/Local~History~and~Historic~Resources/historicaldev.pdf

George Charles Deverill, who died in September. 1868; he was an assistant manager of the ...

George married Mary Victoria FOSTER [2763] [MRIN: 904] on 8 Mar 1865 in St Paul's Church, Nanaimo Vancover Island CAN. (Mary Victoria FOSTER [2763] died on 27 Aug 1868.)