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George Kingstone 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 241 (123). --0-- Edgar, W. (Bill) (2018), “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: The two other men alleged to have been involved in the rape of Emma Charlesworth, in September 1866, were Edward Callaghan and his brother Thomas Callaghan. Edward, a shoemaker from Westminster, was arrested at Aldershot where he had enlisted in the 18th Regiment, while Thomas was arrested in London. Both men were tried at Maidstone Assizes on 11 March, 1867. Both were convicted of rape. Edward was sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude and was sent to WA aboard the Hougoumont (see his bio at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/callaghan/edward/61230). Thomas Callaghan was sentenced to 5 years' penal servitude (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Edward Callaghan; England; Kent; 1867). --0--
INQUEST: 12 March, 1887 -- from the Albany Mail and King George's Sound Advertiser, p3: "CORONER’S INQUEST. An inquest was held on the 9th inst. at the 24-mile camp on the Albany road, touching the death of a navvy named George Kingston... The following evidence was taken. William Fisher, sworn, deposed—I know deceased, and he worked with me as usual yesterday. We are clearing for the railway, and knocked off work after five o'clock. Deceased complained in the morning of shortness of breath, and we had to take three spells whilst going out to work. Coming home from work we had to take five spells in the first mile of the journey, and deceased was complaining in the same way as in the morning, but was much worse. I told him to stop and I would procure assistance to carry him to the camp. He agreed to this and I left and got his brother John Kingston, who returned with me. I was away about 20 minutes, and when I returned deceased was lying on the road groaning, and saying it was all up with him and he said he was dying. His brother and I placed him on a stretcher and carried him about half a mile. Deceased threw himself about slightly for the first part of the way, then we felt his heart and it was beating slightly. Before we arrived in camp he was dead. About a fortnight ago deceased was laid up in camp. He then complained of suffering from cold on the chest, and said he could not recover his wind. I think deceased took some patent medicine, he remained a week in camp and then went to work again. He continued to complain a little of his chest; the walking knocked him up. I heard deceased say he used wizard oil internally. Yesterday morning and the night before he said he thought the wizard oil had done him good. He said he thought that if he could stop in camp, he would have got better. The day was showery; whilst resting from walking deceased got a little better. He complained of tightness and last night of pain also in the chest. John Foster, sworn—Yesterday, hearing some one coming in the evening, I went out and saw a man on a stretcher and John Kingston and Fisher carrying him. The man was dead. I heard one of the men say that deceased could not breathe. Cecil Rogers, Colonial Surgeon, sworn, said—I have seen the body of deceased. From what I have heard, I believe deceased came by his death from the disease known as angina pectoris, connected with the heart. I have made a superficial examination of the body and can find no marks of violence. The appearance of the body coincides with the theory that angina pectoris was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes, and we believe from the doctor's evidence, it was a heart complaint." (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232700656) --0-- Note: John Kingston was transported to WA per Clara, arriving in April 1864. He had been sentenced to 10 years for assault and robbery. See his bio at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/kingston/john/91797.
From his Fremantle jail record: KINGSTONE, George; inmate #9802, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1836 Date of Death: 9 Mar 1887 Place of Death: Albany, rail line camp, heart disease Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Literacy: Illiterate Sentence Place: Maidstone Crime: Rape Sentence Period: 20 years Ticket of Leave Date: 20 Dec 1876 Comments: Conditional Release 14 May 1883, Guildford. Labourer (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
IN WA: 10 January, 1868: On arrival in WA, he was listed as #9802, 30 years old, single, no children, labourer, 5'6" tall with dark brown hair, dark grey eyes, dark complexion, stout build (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department; Registers (128/40 - 43)). --0--
30 September, 1867: He was sent from Millbank to embark on the Hougoumont for transportation to WA. “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 [an anchoring-ground in the estuary of the Thames; 3 miles n-e of Sheerness] 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... 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." (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Dec 1867, p4, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271) --00--
28 January, 1867: George Kingstone was admitted to Millbank prison, Westminster, London -- inmate #2858. Listed as 34 when convicted, single, unable to read or write, labourer, Roman Catholic; character "indifferent". Next of kin -- his mother, Margaret Kingstone, 4 Plough Alley, High Street, Wapping. "Visited by sister and brother-in-law 9/9/67" (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1866-1867). During this time he would have been held in separate confinement, for a total of 8 months 1 day. “After a sentence of transportation was handed down, the prisoner entered into a separate stage where he was placed into an individual cell, isolated from others, apart from brief periods of exercise and attendance at chapel. However, no communication of any kind with other prisoners was permitted at any time. The philosophy behind this penal methodology had its provenances in the religious, monastic traditions; i.e., that in the isolation of his cell the malefactor would be able to contemplate the errors of his way, unadulterated by the negative influences of former contemporaries, and be reformed.” (Edgar, 2018, pp39-40) When first put into practice, the mandated period of separate confinement was 18 months. By the late 1840s, authorities had conceded that such conditions of imprisonment were “injurious to many prisoners’ mental health” and the stint was reduced to 12 months. Periods of separate confinement were reduced further “as a prisoner displayed good behaviour tendencies” (Edgar, p40). Millbank, Pentonville, Wakefield and Mountjoy in Ireland were the “Probation” or “Separate” prisons, as were some local jails. --0--
JAILS: 18 December, 1866: Held at Maidstone County Gaol and House of Correction, County Road, Maidstone, Kent, for 1 month 10 days (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1866-1867). --0--
Newspaper reports of the trial: "George Kingstone, 34, labourer, was charged with committing a rape on the person of Emma Charlesworth, at Yalding, on the 27th September, 1866. He was found guilty, and the learned Judge, in passing sentence, said he would not sentence him to imprisonment for life, but he would sentence him to 20 years’ penal servitude. The business of the Assize was brought to a close at five o’clock." (Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, 24 December, p8, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). -- "RAPE. George Kingston, hop-picker, was indicted for committing rape upon Amy [sic] Charlesworth. Mr. Dayman prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner and the prosecutrix both worked with a number of others in the same hop-field. When the rape took place the prosecutrix was walking along the road, when she was met by the prisoner and two other men, who knocked her down, and the prisoner and one of the other men committed the offence charged. The prisoner was taken into custody a few days afterwards, but the other men could not be found till a few days ago, when one of them was captured, but not in time to be tried at the present assizes. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Baron Bramwell sentenced him to twenty years' penal servitude." (Kentish Gazette, 25 December, p3, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). --0--
TRIAL: 18 December, 1866: George Kingston was tried at the Winter Gaol Delivery sessions at Maidstone, convicted and sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude for the rape of Emma Charlesworth, at Yalding, about 16 miles south-west of Maidstone, Kent (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for George Kingston; England; Kent; 1866). --0--
NAME: George Kingstone is called both Kingstone and Kingston in official and other records and his surname appears here as found in those documents. --0--