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Transportation
Lawrence Sullivan 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 | "Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849", by Peter Mayberry, at https://members.pcug.org.au/ |
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Convict Notes
EMBARKATION & VOYAGE OF THE GUILDFORD: 1829, 16 June: Lawrence Sullivan was one of 200 convicts sent to board the Guildford at Dublin, but it was almost a month before the ship sailed for NSW, on 12 July (“Medical journal of the Guildford” by J Stephenson, Surgeon and Superintendent, at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4106629) The Guildford’s delayed departure was “the result of an effort made by Lord Eldon to obtain the release of a convict then on board the Guildford who was convicted of subornation of perjury. The convict was E. Radford Rowe, a barrister called to the Irish Bar in the Michaelmas term 1799. Lord Eldon was successful in his appeal, and Radford Rowe was landed from the ship, the day before she sailed, and detained in Dublin.” (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_guildford_1829.htm) Four convicts died on the voyage. They were Patrick Gough (19), John Reilly (20), Peter Hart/e (19/20) and Patrick Flood (29) (New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849; 1829; Guildford; image 17). The Guildford arrived in Port Jackson on Wednesday, 4 November, 1829. "This was a hazy day in Sydney with winds from the S.E.. Temperature 64F - 69F. Two days later the Muster was held on board by Alexander Macleay, the Colonial Secretary. On this day the temperature was 98F at midday.” (https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_guildford_1829.htm) --00--
COURT MARTIAL: 1828, 16 September: Dublin, at Richmond Barracks – Private Lawrence Sullivan, 24th Foot; proceeding laid before the King on 26 September; “desertion, by escaping from the Black Hole, when under sentence of a Regimental Court Martial; sentenced to “transportation as a Felon, for 14 years and sent to New South Wales” (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1606823630/view; image 69). Richmond Barracks was a British Army barracks at Inchicore, in Dublin. “Built in 1810 in response to the threat of a French invasion in the Napoleonic Wars, it was one of the British Army's largest barracks in Dublin at the time. Nearly every British Regiment would spend time at the Richmond Barracks fighting in conflicts including the Crimean War, the Boer War, and World War 1.” (https://www.richmondbarracks.ie/) In October, 1827, the 24th was based at Athlone, County Westmeath, 138 miles west of Dublin(https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2190008). --0--