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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Brettel was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th Jul 1829 and arriving 4th Nov 1829 with 201 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606824491/view --0-- Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/index.htm |
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Convict Notes
TICKET OF LEAVE: 1836, 14 January: George Brittell [sic] was granted a Ticket of Leave #36/101, allowing him to remain in the District of Argyle, on recommendation of the Goulburn Plains Bench; dated 31 July 1835 (NSW, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for George Brittell; Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202); Ticket of leave butts, Jan 1836-Mar 1836, Sep 1851-Aug 1867; image 41). --00--
INDENTURE: 1829: George Brittal [sic], #199, 36; reads & writes; Protestant; single; native place Worcestershire; trade/calling ploughs & soldier; offence desertion; tried Dublin, 27 January 1829; 14 years, no previous conviction; 5’5½” tall, dark sallow complexion, brown hair, grey eyes; indentured to A McLeay Esq., Camden (New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for George Brittal; Bound Indentures; 1829; image 146). --0--
1829: Muster Roll – George Brittle [sic], 24th Regiment, 36 years old, 5’6½” tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, brown complexion. Country: England; no trade; “has behaved well on board” (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; images 10 & 19). Note: Image 36 of the Muster Roll document contains a copy of a letter from Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, which states that the Regimental Court Martial at Richmond Barracks found George Brittle’s offence not worthy of capital punishment and instead “adjudged the said George Brittle to be transported as a felon for the term of 14 years”. --0--
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1829: On arrival, George Brittel [sic] (alias Brittle), per Guildford (8), was listed as born 1793, single, Protestant, soldier/ploughman; native place Worcestershire, England; sentenced to 14 years for desertion (Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/). --0--
COURT MARTIAL: 1829, 27 January: Dublin, Richmond Barracks – Private George Brettel [sic], 24th Foot; proceeding laid before the King on 3 February; “desertion and losing his necessaries; sentenced to “transportation as a Felon, for 14 years and sent to New South Wales” (General courts martial: register, 1806-1838 at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606824491/view; image 71). In late 1827, the 24th was based at Athlone, County Westmeath, 138 miles west of Dublin (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2190008). --0--