William Flockhart

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Summary

Born
Jan 1811
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
Mar 1827
Arrival
Jul 1827
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: William Flockhart
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1811
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Sentence term: 14 years

Voyage

Departed: 22nd Mar 1827
Ship: Guildford
Arrival: 25th Jul 1827
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

William Flockhart was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Mar 1827 and arriving 25th Jul 1827 with 193 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.

GuildfordGuildford (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 119 (61)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 14th August 2025

William Flockhart and Peter Love, for theft; Mary Charleton, or Fiood, for reset of theft; … have been indicted to stand trial. Caledonian Mercury, 12 Nov 1825. High Court of Justiciary. William Flockhart and Peter Love, two boys, were next placed at the bar, charged with stealing a japanned knife tray, containing a quantity of plate, from a press in the lobby of the house of Mr Moffat, solicitor, in Brown's Square; they were also habit and repute thieves. Mary Charlton or Flood stood charged in the same indictment with the crime of reset. The boys pleaded Not Guilty, and the woman's reply was, that she did not know what was in the bundle.- A number of witnesses were examined, which established the guilt of the youths, and the charge of reset against Charlton was satisfactorily made out to the minds of the Jury, by circumstantial proof, who, without leaving the box, found all three Guilty. The LORD ADVOCATE restricted the libel, and the Court sentenced them all to be transported to fourteen years. Caledonian Mercury, 24 Nov 1825. The National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-2_4 Hulks at Chatham. Euryalus Received: Twelve from the Justitia, 1 Apr 1826. William Flockhart, age 14, Theft, Tried Edinburgh, 21 Nov 1825, 14 years. How disposed of: Retribution ? 1827.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 19th November 2020

NSW Govt. Gazette, 8 June 1836. Colonial Secretary's Office. Sydney, 7th June, 1836. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets of Leave granted to the following Prisoners have been Cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names. Flockhart William, Guildford (7), selling wine to an assigned servant.