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Transportation
Robert Dennis was transported on the Guildford, departing 14th Nov 1817 and arriving 1st Apr 1818 with 203 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. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
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Convict Notes
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/27/37. Date. 1831 Sept 16. Prisoner name: Robert Dennis. Prisoner occupation: Former Private in the 82nd Regiment of Foot, a native of Halifax, Yorkshire. Court and date of trial: County Cork Spring Assizes, 1817. Crime: Felonious assault, in the streets of Cork, in 1817. Initial sentence: [Death recorded] and commuted to transportation for life. Annotated (Outcome): 'In New South Wales'; 'Nil'. Petitioner(s): 52 inhabitants of Halifax including three magistrates, five surgeons, six attorneys and seven clergymen. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The crime was unpremeditated and committed whilst intoxicated; his good conduct in the army and in New South Wales; his parents' good character. Other papers: Note from Lord Morpeth endorsing the respectability of the signatories to the petition. Additional Information: Convict served eight years in the 82nd Regiment - details of his army service are given. Convicted with Jeremiah Sullivan (fellow private in the 82nd Regiment) who was also sentenced to death and commuted to transportation for life.
Colonial Secretary Index. DENNIS, Robert. Per "Guildford", 1818 1818 Apr 10 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Guildford" and forwarded to Bringelly for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.138) --------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/106/51. Date. 1837. Prisoner name: Robert Dennis. Prisoner occupation: Soldier. Court and date of trial: [Court not stated], Cork, December 1816. Crime: Street robbery, together with 'some women of ill fame'. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Petitioner(s): Copy petition (no signatures) from inhabitants of Halifax, Yorkshire. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable family; good conduct in New South Wales.
Colonial Secretary Index. DENNIS, Robert. Per "Guildford", 1818. 1818 Apr 10 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Guildford" and forwarded to Bringelly for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.138) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 NSW Census Index. Robert Dennis, age 38, T.L. Guildford, 1818, Life, Protestant, Fencer, John Edward, Sutton Forest district.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Robert Dennis, age on arrival, 28, per Guildford (3) 1818, Tried Cork City, 1817, Life. DOB, 1790, native place, Yorkshire England, Soldier Labourer.