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Thomas Fox was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 134 |
| 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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Convicts.—The following convicts have been removed from York Castle within the last fortnight, to undergo their respective sentences of transportation, as under: … On board the Cumberland Hulk ship, at Chatham— … Thomas Fox ... for 14 years; … Halifax Guardian, 1 Dec 1832. National Archives. HO-9-1_5 page 35/44. Cumberland Hulk Records. Received from York 20 November 1832. Thomas Fox, age 23, Stealing 20 yards of linen cloth, Tried Leeds 15 Oct 1832, 14 years, Transported, NSW 24 May 1833.
Leeds Borough Sessions Thomas Fox (28), for stealing a quantity of linen cloth from the shop of Messrs. Tetley, linen drapers, at the south end of the bridge. The prisoner had been twice convicted of felony before. When sentence of transportation had been pronounced, he exclaimed Thank ye, could not send me for more.— Leeds Intelligencer, 18 Oct 1832