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Frederic Deloic was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 247 (126). --0-- https://fremantleprison.com.au/ |
| 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
POSTSCRIPT: NEWSPAPER REPORT of his TRIAL in 1867: "MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Second Court.—(Before Mr. Payne.) Clever Capture of an Old Scholar. Frederick Delore, 39, a tall, powerful-looking man, was indicted for a burglary at the dwelling-house of Henry Green, 36, Bethnal-green, and stealing a tea-caddy therein. Harmer, 101 K, said at six o'clock on the morning of the 25th of January he saw the prisoner standing in a room of the prosecutor's house, with a lighted match in one hand and a box in the other. Witness said, 'How came this window open?' and he replied, 'Oh, the young man who went to work a short time ago left it open. I live in the house; it is all right.' Witness then closed the shutters, and seeing a labourer passing told him to watch the front door while he went to the back of the house. He went to the back and captured the prisoner who came out of the garden gate. The prisoner said, 'Oh, there are thieves in the house, and they want a policeman—you run round there.' To this ingenious device the constable replied, 'If they want me I want you, so I shall take you to the station.' Witness then took the prisoner to the station-house. The Jury, without hearing the summing-up, returned a verdict of Guilty. Warder Reeves, of the House of Correction, Coldbathfields, principal warder O'Brien, of Millbank Prison, and Mr. Stephen Knight, of Dartmoor Prison, proved previous convictions, including one of ten years' penal servitude, against the prisoner. Mr. Payne ordered him to be kept in penal servitude for ten years." (Thursday 07 February 1867, Morning Herald (London), p8) --00--
IN WA: From his WA Convict record: Unlike his UK jail records, this register says he was married with one child; wife Ann Delore, Old Market Street, Bristol. It also says he could read and write (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers, General Register for Nos 9059-9598 cont., 9599-10128 (R15-R16)). --0-- From his Fremantle jail record: DELORE, Frederick; inmate #9711, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1828 Marital Status: Married 1 child Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Clerkenwell Green Crime: House breaking Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 6 Feb 1872 Certificate of Freedom Date: 3 Feb 1877 Comments: Labourer, tailor, general servant, cook, self-employed, 1873 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/) --00--
“The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary’s, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty’s ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land.” (Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271) —00--
5 October, 1867: He was sent to board the Hougoumont for transportation to WA (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Frederick Delore, Portsmouth Prison, Registers of Prisoners, 1866-1868). --0--
27 September, 1867: Frederick Delore was sent from Woking to Portsmouth Prison -- inmate #1232. Portsmouth was merely a "marshalling area" prior to his transportation, and there are no other details on his record, except his in and out dates (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Frederick Delore, Portsmouth Prison, Registers of Prisoners, 1866-1868). --0--
26 June, 1867: He was sent to Woking Prison, south-west of London. Opened in April 1859, primarily for invalided male convicts, and by March 1860 it had taken over entirely from the temporary invalid prison at Lewes. Between 1862 and 1867, Woking was responsible for the working party sent to labour for the construction of the Broadmoor Criminal Asylum. Woking closed in March 1889 (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison). --0--
21 March, 1867: He was admitted to Millbank Prison, Pimlico, London -- inmate #3097, 39 years old, single, semi-literate, Roman Catholic, a ship's steward. Family -- sister Amelia Smart, Kingsland Road, Nursery [sic]. Behaviour "good" (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for Frederick Delore, Millbank Prison, Register of Prisoners, 1866-1867). --0--
JAILS: 1867: He was initially held at Coldbath/Cold Bath Fields Prison for 1 month 16 days. Also known as the Middlesex House of Correction and Clerkenwell Gaol, and informally known as the Steel, it was a prison in the Mount Pleasant area of Clerkenwell, London. Founded in the reign of James I, it was completely rebuilt in 1794, extended in 1850 and closed in 1885. From c1850, it only accepted male prisoners aged 17 and over (https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison). --0--
TRIAL: 5 February, 1867: As Frederick Delore, he was convicted at Clerkenwell Green and sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for housebreaking and a previous conviction (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Frederick Delore, England, Middlesex, 1867). --0--
OCCUPATION: Ship's steward -- not listed in the options above so servant was selected. --0--