John Finnis (kaftin)

John Finnis (3 Disamba 1802 – 13 Agusta 1872), wanda aka fi sani da "Kyaftin Finnis", matukin jirgin ruwa ne wanda ake tunawa da shi saboda alaƙarsa da Charles Sturt a zamanin mulkin mallaka na Kudancin Ostiraliya.Howard, Mark. "Australian Colonial Whaling Voyages". whalinghistory.com. Mystic Seaport Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Nantucket Historical Association. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Finnis a Dover, ɗan Gilbert Finnis da matarsa Elizabeth Finnis (née Nash). Ya zama mai jirgin ruwa kuma a cikin 1831 tare da Joseph Montefiore ya sayi jirgin ruwa Elizabeth . A matsayinsa na kyaftin din ya shafe shekaru da yawa yana kifi a cikin tekun kudanci.

A watan Satumbar 1838, shi, tare da Kyaftin Charles Sturt, Giles Strangways da George McLeod (abokin Tsibirin Norfolk na Sturt) sun kawo shanu 400 a ƙasa daga Kogin Hume .  A cikin 1839 Finnis, tare da Hampden Dutton da Duncan McFarlane, sun sayi kadada 4000 (Binciken Musamman na Dutsen Barker, na farko), ga takaici ga John Barton Hack, wanda ke zaune a can kuma ba shi da wata alama game da Binciken Mus Musamman. An yi amfani da ƙasar don kara yawan shanu don sayarwa, da kuma daidaita iyalan Jamus 39. George Fife Angas ne ya kawo Australia a kan Zebra (Kapitan Hahn) da Catharina (Kapitan Schecht). A shekara mai zuwa ya kori tumaki 10,000 daga New South Wales zuwa Adelaide tare da Nelson da John Tooth, sannan ya kula da tarurruka da yawa daga baya. A farkon shekara ta 1841 shi da Frederick Dutton suna da wasu tumaki 12,000 da suka kawo a ƙasa, wanda suka ba da sayarwa a watan Maris na shekara ta 1841,  da kuma yawan brandy, sigari da taba da suka kawo ta teku. 

 Iyali 
A Sydney, a ranar 23 ga Maris 1832, ya auri Ludovina Rosa Da Silva Cameron (1796 - 21 ga Agusta 1854), gwauruwar Colonel Charles Cameron (1777-1827). Yaran Rosa da Charles sun hada da: 

 Charlotte da Silva Cameron (1813 - 11 Mayu 1885) ta yi aure (William) Hampden Dutton (1805 - 21 Nuwamba 1849) a ranar 2 ga Yuli 1831.
 Ewan Wallace Cameron (26 ga Yuli 1816 - 25 ga Mayu 1876) ya auri Sophia Nail a 1856 
 Julia Anne Ludovina Cameron (c. 1820 - 15 Yuni 1846) ta auri Dokta George Bennett (1804-1893) na Sydney a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba 1835. Ta kashe kanta ta hanyar shan Prussian acid. Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu da mata uku.
 Ludovina Catherina da Silva Cameron (1824 - 21 ga Oktoba 1851) ta auri George Strickland Kingston a ranar 10 ga Afrilu 1841 (ta kasance matarsa ta biyu). Suna da 'ya'ya biyar da suka tsira:

A ranar 3 ga Satumba 1856, a gidansa a Franklin Street, Adelaide, Finnis ya auri Mary Ann Russell, 'yar'uwarsa. An tuhumi Rev. James Pollitt a karkashin dokar canon, a kan bayanin G. S. Kingston, na yin aiki a cikin auren sirri a cikin haramtaccen Ikilisiyar Anglican, kuma an dakatar da lasisinsa na shekara guda. Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu, daya daga cikinsu, John Mercer Finnis (- 2 ga Afrilu 1909) ya tsira har zuwa balaga, kuma ɗansa, Harold Finnis, ya kasance sakataren RA&HS na dogon lokaci 

 Kyauta 
Cibiyar Nazarin Jiha ta Kudancin Ostiraliya tana da hoton Finnis na S. T. Gill 

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Category:Mutuwan 1872