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Transportation
Robert Burton was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 428 |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 14 Jan 1830 359. ROBERT BURTON was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of December , 1 basket, value 6s., and 8 loaves of bread, value 6s. , the goods of John Thompson . FRANCIS HISLOP. I am in the employ of Mr. John Thompson, a baker . On the 16th of December I was carrying out his basket of bread - the prisoner went with me during the day, and I left him in charge of the bread while I went, by his direction, to No. 5, Cadogan-place, to serve a customer - there was no such customer there, and when I returned to where I had left him, (opposite the Bedford Arms,) I missed him and the basket, with eight loaves in it. ELIZA MILLER. I was looking out of a window on the 16th of December - I saw the prisoner and the prosecutor come up Cadogan-mews, and stop opposite the Bedford Arms; he left the prisoner with the baskets - the prisoner went part of the way up the street, and then returned; he took some bread out of the large basket, put it into the smaller one, and ran down the mews - the large basket remained on the barrow; when the prosecutor returned I told him what was done with the bread - he went after the prisoner, but could not find him. THOMAS PHILIP SOURR. I took the prisoner on the 6th of January - I could not find him before; I found him in George-street, Whitechapel. Prisoner's Defence. I went to Chelsea to see some journeymen bakers - I met the prosecutor, and went round with him; we had a great deal of drink - I told him of a customer his master used to serve; I was going back and met a person I knew - I went with him, got intoxicated, and when I returned the basket was gone, and the prosecutor too. GUILTY . Aged 21. - Transported for Seven Years . Hulk Records, HO-9-9_4 page 44/54. Portsmouth, York Hulk Received from Newgate, 7 Feb, 1830. Rob. Burton, age 21, Stg basket of bread, Tried Newgate, 14 Jan 1830, 7 years, To NSW 25 June 1830.