CADELL

Francis ( 2 son of Hew Francis Cadell of Cockenzie near Preston Pans, Hadding tons hire 1790–1873 ). b. Cockenzie Feb. 1822; ed. at Edinburgh and in Germany; midshipman in navy of H.E.I. Co. 1835; served in first Chinese war 1840–1; proved that the river Murray in Australia was navigable by descending that river in a boat from Swan Hill station to Lake Victoria 1851; promoted the Murray Steam navigation company 1853, commander Company’s steamers 1853–60; explored South Australia, discovered mouth of river Roper and fine pastoral country in latitude 14° South, Nov. 1867; murdered by his crew while on a voyage from Amboyna to the Kei islands June 1879. A. Forster’s South Australia (1866) 68–74; Once a week viii , 667–70 (1863); I.L.N. xxvi , 173 (1855), xxvii , 176 (1855); The Times 7 Nov. 1879 p. 5 .