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Transportation
James English was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 430 |
| 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 |
Claims
"James is my maternal second Great Grand-Father"
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. James English, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Certificate of Freedom, 23 Dec 1837. No 37/0997.
Commitments to the County Gaol and House of Correction in this town, James English and Christopher Laws, … charged with having burglariously entered the House of Industry at Barham, and stolen several articles of wearing apparel, the property of ... Suffolk Chronicle, 19 Dec 1829. IPSWICH QUARTER SESSIONS. SATURDAY, January 16. (Concluded from our last.) James English and Christian Laws pleaded guilty to four indictments, each of which charged them with stealing several articles of clothing, the property of the Guardians of the Poor of the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon.—ln passing sentence the Chairman observed, that English had been in the habit of robbing the House of Industry; and, not satisfied with committing depredations himself, he had endeavoured to bring his fellow-prisoner to the gallows; his punishment, therefore, should not be lenient one —He was sentenced to 7 years’ transportation, and Laws to months’ imprisonment and hard labour, and to be privately whipped. Suffolk Chronicle, 23 Jan 1830. Convicts. —On Tuesday last, George Stearn, James York, James English, and Robert Waspe, under sentence of transportation for seven years, were removed from the County Gaol, in this town, the former three to be put on board the Leviathan, Portsmouth, and the latter to the Penitentiary, Millbank. Suffolk Chronicle, 6 March 1830. Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 11/54. Received from Ipswich 3 March 1830. James English, age 22, Larceny, Tried 13 Jan 1830, Woodbridge, 7 years, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.