Edward Dumaresq (16 June 1802 – 23 April 1906) was a landowner, magistrate and acted as Surveyor General of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).
[1] Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Arthur had made Dumaresq Surveyor General of Van Diemen's Land in 1825, although this appointment was not ratified by the British government.
Dumaresq held the office until replaced by George Frankland in March 1828, and then became collector of revenue and joined the Land Board.
[1] Dumaresq was appointed Commissioner of Court of Requests, Van Diemens' Land on 24 December 1830 and held the post until 1835.
[1] Dumaresq died at Illawarra, Longford, Tasmania, on 23 April 1906 aged 103, reputedly the oldest justice of the peace in the world.