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George Brassington

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Summary

Born
Jan 1785
Conviction
High treason (treason against a monarch)
Departure
Dec 1817
Arrival
Oct 1818
Death
Jan 1846
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Personal Information

Name: George Brassington
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1785
Death: 1st Jan 1846
Age at death: 61
Occupation: Coal miner

Crime

Crime: High treason (treason against a monarch)
Convicted at: Derby, Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Dec 1817
Ship: Tottenham
Arrival: 14th Oct 1818
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

George Brassington was transported on the Tottenham, departing 31st Dec 1817 and arriving 14th Oct 1818 with 201 passengers.

TottenhamTottenham (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 2
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 9th September 2021

DERBY CONSPIRATORS. The following eleven convicts, sentenced to death, at Derby, for High Treason, are transported for life: viz. George Weightman; Thomas Bacon; John Bacon; Samuel Hunt; Joseph Swire, alias Manchester Turner; Edward Turner, John Onion, the elder; John MacKeswick ; John Hill; George Brassington, and German Buxton. The following three, are to be transported for 14 years: Thomas Bettison, Joseph Rawson, and Josiah Godber. And the remaining six convicts, viz. John Moore; Edward Moore; William Weightman; Alexander Johnson, William Hardwick, and Charles Swaine, remain prison, their final sentence not being yet settled. It is probable that they will be transported for shorter terms. Leeds Intelligencer, 1 Dec 1817.

John Hopkinson avatar
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on 20th March 2019

George Brassington and other Pentrich Revolutionaries were given an absolute pardon in 1835 after a petition to the British Home Office on 2nd August 1834 from some of the Derbyshire magistrates and Members of Parliament. (source British National Archives)

Sylvia Mason avatar
27
on 29th November 2018

Thomas was granted an absolute pardon 1st Jan 1835 due to being sentenced by government entrapment www.pentrichrevolution.org.uk www.spanglefish.com/pentrichrevolution