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Personal Information
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Voyage
Transportation
William Cavanaugh was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 8th Apr 1821 and arriving 27th Jul 1821 with 174 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 18 |
| 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
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23) No; 371 Name; Wm Cavanagh Height; no details Hair; Brown Eyes; D. Grey Age; 16 [1804] Trade; Servant Trial; London - 28 June 1820 Ship; Countess of Harcourt Native Place; London, Middlesex Remarks; DIED; Conduct Record;- No; 371 1825 - 26 Mar. Absent without leave - 25 Lashes 1824 - 3 Dec. Neglect of Duty - 25 Lashes Offence stated; Felony at Pancras Street, Tottenham Court Rd. A stone mason In faint pencil; Dead Burials in the Parish of St David's in the County of Buckingham the Year 1825 No; 997 Name; William Cavanagh When Died; 5 June 1825 When buried; 8 June 1825 Age; 25 years Ship’s Name; Hospital - Ship Unknown Quality or profession. Convict - By Whom Ceremony was preformed; Wm. Bedford
1826 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. 1826 No; 371 Name; William Cavanagh Ship arrived by; Countess of Harcourt To whom assigned/Occupation; DIED in Hospital. 5 June 1825
The evidence in the Old Bailey account of his trial for stealing a bale of cloth and being sentenced to death with a recommendation for mercy (no doubt because he was only 15) was given by William Maingay whose life we have just researched. He became a merchant in St Petersburg, still in the textile trade and later settled in Tunbridge Wells for many years, where he is buried. I have a picture of him as a young man showing how he must have looked to William Cavanaugh in the dock