Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Caulton was transported on the Lord Hungerford, departing 30th Jun 1821 and arriving 26th Dec 1821 with 228 passengers.
Lord Hungerford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 59 (31) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/25/111821 June 13 Prisoner name(s): George Caulton. Prisoner details: Aged 60 years. Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes, 1821. Crime: Receiving brass wire, property of John Allday. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): William Sprigg and Son, Thomas Naylor, fuller, and Samuel Sturges, all of Birmingham. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has always been of good character; the petitioners would employ him if he were set at liberty.
14/4/1821 Northampton Mercury Northamptonshire, England: Fourteen Years' Transportation.__George Caulton, for receiving a quantity of brass wire, &c. knowing it to be stolen. George Caulton was listed as 57 years old on arrival in VDL - he was born in Birmingham. Occupations: Carpenter/Joiner/Wire worker. George was 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, scar over left eye, some letters between fr & thumb left hand. Children at Leicester, I work for Cork an Ironmonger - Wife at 62 Dgbeth St, Birmingham. 28/6/1826: George COULTON, died Hobart Town - Invalid - 64 years old.