George Beaumont

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Jen Beaumont on 17th July 2020

When he enlisted in the Army at the age of 19 in 1813 George Beaumont used the name George Allott. He was in the third Battalion of the 95th Regiment of Rifles. This regiment used rifles instead of the muskets which were more common at the time. They were also different in that they wore green uniforms with black rather than the usual red. It is also the regiment that provides the model for Bernard Cornwell’s character of Sharp. George fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 in James Fullarton’s Company and was eligible for the campaign medal. He was discharged from the Army in 1816. The report of his trial in 1845 shows that he retained the name Allot and remembered the 95th Regiment as tattoos.. ‘Age 48. Height 5 feet 5 inches. Read Testament. Write imperfectly.’‘Linen weaver, Married, 9 children. Born at Penistone. Lives at Gawbro’ in the Parish of Barugh.’. ‘Name and 95th Regt printed on right arm below the elbow. G. A.L.L.O.T. A bugle, mermaid, anchor & a scar on the left arm below the elbow. 2nd August 1814. H.B.J.B. Y.B.G.B. S.E. & A.F. on the back of the left hand & 3rd and 4th fingers & pockmarked.’

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Narelle Dean on 10th June 2019

Sentence was reduced to 7 years 21/10/1850 Permission to marry Grace Bruce (also a convict. 22/10/1851 Married Church of St John Baptist, Hobart Town, Tasmania

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D Wong on 2nd June 2019

Sheffield Independent Yorkshire, England 11 Jan 1845: CHRISTMAS QUARTER SESSIONS GEO. BEAUMONT, alias ALLOTT. OBADIAH alias DYER BEAUMONT, and JAS. BEAUMONT, (father and two sons) were charged with stealing a quantity of linen yarn, at Barnsley, the property of John Becks Pigott and another. Mr. OVEREND for the prosecution. It appeared that the father had been employed by the prosecutor, and was frequently employed all night on the premises, in making gas. Suspicion arising, he was watched, and on the 22d November, was taken, with his two sons, carrying a quantity of yarn, some of which Mr. Pigott identified. Other yarn, similar in kind, but not identified, was found in the father's house. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty. A previous conviction was proved against Obadiah Beaumont, and two others were recorded against him. Mr. Overend, on behalf of the prosecutor, recommended that youngest prisoner (a mere boy) to mercy. The father had been several times imprisoned, but never before actually convicted of felony. George and Obadiah Beaumont were each sentenced to transportation for 15 years, and James Beaumont was ordered to be whipped and discharged. Obadiah Beaumont arrived VDL per 'Neptune' 1849. 12/11/1845 The Courier (Hobart): GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 152. Colonial Secretary's Office, lOth Nov., 1845. The Queen has been pleased to commute the sentence passed upon George Beaumont at the Sheffield Assizes, in January, 1845, from fifteen years to seven years' transportation. By His Excellency's Command, J. E. Bicheno. George Beaumont was listed as 51 years old on arrival in VDL. Place of Birth: Pussington. "My son Obadiah transported for same went to Bermuda". Occupations: Stonecutter and well sinker. George was 5'5¾" tall, brown hair and whiskers, sallow complexion, blue eyes, married, protestant, literate, Has been a Soldier - musket wound on outside left arm, G Abbot - bugle mermaid and anchor on left arm below elbow, GB Beumont 95th on right arm below elbow, pockpitted, several faint blue marks on back of left hand. 3/7/1849: TOL 22/10/1850: Permission to marry Grace Bruce (Free). 22/10/1851: Married at St. John, Hobart. George listed as a gardener and a widower. 6/1/1852: Free Certificate. Did not find date of death. Grace Bruce arrived VDL per 'Margaret' 1843. Grace died 3/8/1863, she had been living with a man as his wife for the last 8 years (man was not named) - do not know what happened to George - no death dates listed in the 1860's.

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Narelle Dean on 1st June 2019

I believe this is the father of Obadiah Beaumont who was convicted (also for 15 years) at the same time but not transported to Van Diemans land until 18/4/49 on board the Neptune.

Sentence commuted to 7 years for military service at Waterloo