Thank you Charani, We have found a reference to a William Horne being on the Goldfields in Victoria, after this passport was issued. One of the replies suggested he may have needed one if going to a dangerous place. I wonder did he fully intend to try his luck there, before leaving UK. His father, Swithin Horne was a very well to do Master Butcher who owned quite a few butcher shops in the Regent Park area. Thank you once again, one and all for your help in this matter. Anne On 11/25/2010 9:56 PM, Charani wrote: > Anne Chapman wrote: >> Thank you Caroline and Graham, that was very interesting to know that he >> may not have needed a passport. > Passports didn't become compulsory until 1917 (IIRC). > > Canada, Australia, New Zealand were regarded as being part of the UK > so no passport was necessary, just as one isn't needed to go to > Scotland, Wales or N Ireland (yet!). One isn't needed for the Crown > Protectorates of the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands either. I'm > not sure about Eire but I don't think one was/is needed there either. > > If your man was emigrating, then, as has been indicated, he wouldn't > have needed one. Even if he was a merchant, I can't see he would have > needed one. I don't think Australia was regarded as dangerous per se. >

Anne, Could I suggest to you that maybe he was going to the US goldfields and either changed his mind or went there first. Perhaps check the shipping. Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Chapman" <anne@chapman.id.au> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [MDX] PASSPORT APPLICATIONS 1855 > Thank you Charani, > We have found a reference to a William Horne being on the Goldfields in > Victoria, after this passport was issued. One of the replies suggested > he may have needed one if going to a dangerous place. I wonder did he > fully intend to try his luck there, before leaving UK. His father, > Swithin Horne was a very well to do Master Butcher who owned quite a few > butcher shops in the Regent Park area. > Thank you once again, one and all for your help in this matter. Anne > > > On 11/25/2010 9:56 PM, Charani wrote: >> Anne Chapman wrote: >>> Thank you Caroline and Graham, that was very interesting to know that he >>> may not have needed a passport. >> Passports didn't become compulsory until 1917 (IIRC). >> >> Canada, Australia, New Zealand were regarded as being part of the UK >> so no passport was necessary, just as one isn't needed to go to >> Scotland, Wales or N Ireland (yet!). One isn't needed for the Crown >> Protectorates of the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands either. I'm >> not sure about Eire but I don't think one was/is needed there either. >> >> If your man was emigrating, then, as has been indicated, he wouldn't >> have needed one. Even if he was a merchant, I can't see he would have >> needed one. I don't think Australia was regarded as dangerous per se. >> > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >