Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Peter Mulligan was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th Jul 1829 and arriving 4th Nov 1829 with 201 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
| Primary Source | General courts martial: register, 1806-1838 at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606824491/view --0-- Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/index.htm |
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Convict Notes
1829: Muster Roll – Peter Mulligan, 17th Regiment, 32 years old, 5’6” tall, fair hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. Country: Ireland; no trade (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; images 10 & 19). Note: Image 32 of the Muster Roll document contains a copy of a letter from Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, which states that the General Regimental Court Martial at Richmond Barracks, Dublin, found Peter Mulligan’s offence not worthy of capital punishment and instead adjudged “the said Peter Mulligan to be transported as a felon for the term of seven years”. --0--
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1829: On arrival, Peter Mulligan (alias Mullingan) per Guildford (8) was listed as born 1799, single, Catholic, soldier/labourer; native place Longford; sentenced to 7 years for desertion (Irish Convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1849, by by Peter Mayberry at https://members.pcug.org.au/). --0--
COURT MARTIAL: 1829, 13 January: Dublin – Private Peter Mulligan, 17th Regiment of Foot; proceeding laid before the King on 22 January; “desertion and losing his necessaries; sentenced to “transportation as a Felon, for 7 years and sent to New South Wales” (General courts martial: register, 1806-1838 at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606824491/view; image 71). --0--