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Transportation
Philip Phillips was transported on the St Vincent, departing 28th Dec 1852 and arriving 26th May 1853 with 214 passengers.
St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 616. --0-- Roscoe, Katy (2018), “Convicts and the Sea: the naval influence on Gibraltar Convict Establishment” at https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ |
| 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
HENRY CAMPBELL: He was transported to VDL per Rodney (2) in 1851. See his bio at https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/campbell/henry/9891. --00--
WHAT BECAME OF PHILIP PHILLIPS’ ACCOMPLICES? WILLIAM TEDGELL: He also appeared in the Old Bailey, twice in one day, and with a 50% success rate. Like Philip Phillips, he was sentenced to transportation for 15 years, having been previously convicted at the Old Bailey, under the name of Thomas Heath, on 20 October, 1844 (sentence of 6 months for stealing a handkerchief). 7 May, 1847: William Tedgell was admitted to Newgate prison, London, following his committal to stand trial for stealing a watch from John Railey (as was Philip Phillips). 15 September, 1847: He was sent from Newgate to Millbank prison, in Pimlico, London (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Newgate Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1860-1861 [mislabelled]). Thereafter, he appears on the prison register for Pentonville (1847-1866), Caledonian Road, London, but this record has not been accessed to date. It seems he was never transported; rather, he served all his time in prison in the England. --00--
OTHER: 13 October, 1856: He was granted a Conditional Pardon. For more details of his convict life, see (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p145. --00—
VDL: 26 May, 1853: On arrival in VDL, Philip PHILLIPS, convict #27989, was listed as a labourer; transported for 15 years for robbery with violence; 25 years old, 5’5 ¼” tall with black hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. He was single [note discrepancy], “Jew” and “cannot read” [another discrepancy]. Native place: Margate. He said he had been transported for “picking pockets of a watch” and denied having been before convicted. Gibraltar report “good” (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-115$init=CON33-1-115p145). Family: Brother John; sisters Eliza, Mary and Jane – at his native place (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai56145). --0--
3 February, 1853: He was sent aboard the St Vincent for transportation to VDL (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1810-1822 [mislabelled]). --00--
On Gibraltar, Phillip PHILLIPS was described as 22 years old, sentenced to 15 years for “robbery with violence”; “6th conviction”; born in London; Jew; brown hair, hazel eyes and a swarthy complexion, 5’5½” tall; semi-literate; dealer; married, 2 children; relatives/family – living in London (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1810-1822 [mislabelled]). --
On Gibraltar, as “convicts worked together with free men on the dockyards, lines between them became blurred. Convicts, like seamen, were ‘easily recognised’ by ‘their swarthy, weather beaten complexions…[and] muscular well-knit frames’. The discipline on the penal settlement was also influenced by the naval department, who superintended part of the works. In the 1840s, for example, convicts were provided ‘a half gill of rum’ at 11am and 5pm, which they drank from a trough. This mirrored the daily allowance of diluted rum, known as grog, to Royal Naval seamen in the Victorian era. Convicts were also allowed to use part of their earnings, to buy goods, usually tobacco, which they were allowed to smoke in the evening in the barracks. Though official correspondence cited health reasons for grog allowance, it seems likely that the convict authorities feared insubordination if they were banned from drinking and smoking, which were provided to the sappers and dockyard workers whom they worked alongside… In 1854, the acting overseer stated that “half of the offences were committed when the men were excited by rum”. For more serious offences, convicts were flogged with a ‘cat o’nine tails’ whip against the ‘flogging mast’, and during an investigation Dr William Baly concluded that the whip which was used was an old naval cat, which was ‘much heavier than any now used in the government prison and hulks at home, or in the army.’” (Roscoe, Katy (2018), “Convicts and the Sea: the naval influence on Gibraltar Convict Establishment” at https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/). —
TO GIBRALTAR: 30 January, 1848: PHILLIPS, PHILIP #1139, arrived on Gibraltar from Millbank prison, England, per Mount Stewart Elphinstone. He was held on the Europa hulk (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Misc.; Register of Prisoners; 1810-1822 [mislabelled]). --
1 June, 1847: Philip Phillips was sent from Newgate to Millbank prison, in Pimlico, London (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Newgate Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1860-1861 [mislabelled]). --00--
JAILS: 7 May, 1847: Philip Philips [sic] was admitted to Newgate prison, London, following his committal to stand trial for stealing a watch from John Railey (so, too, was William Tedgell). Other details as below: NAME: Philip Philips AGE: 23 BIRTH DATE: 1824 ARREST PLACE: Middlesex TRIAL OR COMMITTAL DATE: 7 May 1847 TRIAL OR COMMITTAL PLACE: London, London, England JAIL: Newgate CHARGE: Stealing SENTENCE: Transported OCCUPATION: Dealer (London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners, 1785-1853; for Philip Philips; Piece 54: 1847) --0--