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Transportation
Charles Cooper was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th May 1820 and arriving 28th Oct 1820 with 170 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.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 309 (156) |
| 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
Convicts index, 1791-1873. Charles Cooper, per Guildford, 1820, Ticket of Leave, 34/187; District, Liverpool; Born, Durham; Tried, MGD. Charles Cooper, per Guildford, 1820, Ticket of Leave, 41/1356; District, Parramatta; Born, Durham; Tried, MGD. Charles Cooper, per Guildford, 1820, Ticket of Leave, 42/1018; District, Brisbane Water; Born, Durham; Trade, Boot Closer; Tried, MGD. Charles Cooper, per Guildford, 1820, Ticket of Leave, 46/1321; District, Parramatta; Tried, MGD. ---------------------------------------------------- TICKETS-OF-LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets-of-Leave granted to the under A mentioned Prisoners of the Crown, have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names. Cooper Charles, per Guildford (4), drunkenness; district of Sydney. NSW Govt. Gazette, 1 Oct 1841.
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p74 The five conspirators Guilty of High Treason numbered in this list, 98, 99, 100, 101, and 102, have been landed at Sydney under particular orders to be sent to Newcastle. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p64 99 – Charles Cooper. Middx, GD, 12 April 1820 – life, age 30, native of Durham, bootmaker, 5 ft 9 : dark eyes, brown hair, dark sallow complexion, general remark – Very well behaved. Note: Cato Street Conspirators. Landed at Sydney. _____________________________________________ Colonial Secretary Index. COOPER, Charles. Per "Guildford", 1820; Cato Street conspirator 1820 Oct 16 - Transported with four others for high treason. Re transfer of these conspirators, considered still designing and dangerous men, to Newcastle (Reel 6007; 4/3502 pp.346-7, 349-51) 1820 Oct 16 - Cato Street conspirator. On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.342) 1820 Oct 25 - Instructions received by the Commandant of Newcastle (Reel 6067; 4/1807 p.131) 1823 Nov 22 - Prisoner to be forwarded to Sydney from Newcastle (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.600) 1823 Dec 26 - Constable at Newcastle. Request to be transferred to Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.371) 1824 Jan 5 - To be forwarded to Bathurst (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.121) 1824 Apr 10 - On list of prisoners on establishment at Bathurst with sentences not transmitted (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.102) 1825 Jan 31 - On list of prisoners discharged from Bathurst during Jan 1825 (Fiche 3300; 4/1916.1 pp.3-4, 7-8)
He was one of the respited Cato Street Conspirators who attempted to kill members of the British cabinet while they supposedly were to dine at the house of Lord Harroby, Grosvenor's Square London on 23 Feb 1820. The dinner was actually a ruse to draw the conspirators to action - spurred on by an government spy who had infiltrated the group. Charle's fellow conspirators were hung and beheaded on 1 May 1820 in the front of Newgate Prison London (a crowd of many tens of thousands witnessed the executions). Charles and four others had their sentences commuted to life transportation for life as they unlike the other five conspirators eventually pleaded guilty to the numerous charges against them. The other four Conspirators travelled on the Guildford with Charles: James Wilson, Richard Bradburn, John Shaw Strange and John Harrison.
Sorry, I have corrected a few errors in my previous post and added some more information: Charles was one of the respited Cato Street Conspirators who attempted to kill members of the British cabinet while they supposedly were to dine at the house of Lord Harrowby, Grosvenor's Square London on 23 Feb 1820. The dinner was actually a ruse to draw the conspirators to action - spurred on by a government spy who had infiltrated the group. Five of Charle's fellow conspirators were hung and beheaded on 1 May 1820 in front of Newgate Prison London (a crowd of many tens of thousands witnessed the executions). Charles and four others had their sentences commuted to transportation for life as they, unlike the other five conspirators, eventually pleaded guilty to the numerous charges against them. The other four Conspirators travelled on the Guildford with Charles: James Wilson, Richard Bradburn, John Shaw Strange and John Harrison. (One 'conspirator' named Guildchrist, happened to be a man in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the court, recognising him as such, effective 'acquitted' him). The five conspirators were removed from the Guildford when it landed in Sydney and were taken to Newcastle Penal Settlement under Commandant Morrisett. Cooper, Wilson, Shaw Strange & Harrison were then sent to Bathurst with Morrisett in 1824 after Newcastle was closed as a penal settlement. Bradburn ended up in Port Macquarie Penal Settlement.