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Transportation
Charles Benson was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 134 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Convicts.—The following convicts have been removed from York Castle within the last fortnight, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation, as under: … On board the Cumberland Hulk ship, at Chatham— … Charles Benson, ... for 14 years; … Halifax Guardian, 1 Dec 1832. National Archives. HO-9-1_5 page 35/44. Cumberland Hulk Records. Received from York 20 November 1832. Charles Benson, age 19, Stealing money, Tried Leeds 15 Oct 1832, 14 years, Transported, NSW 24 May 1833.
Leeds Borough Sessions Transported Fourteen Years.—Charles Benson (17), for stealing about £3. 10s. in gold and silver coin in the shop of Mr. Thomas Lockwood, of Hunslet Carr. In consequence of the gross prevarication of the prosecutor and witness, named Longbottom, this case, the Court refused to allow them their expenses. Leeds Intelligencer, 18 Oct 1832.