Swing Rioters Beneath the Southern Cross

Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

478: WILLOUGHBY, Robert
Born: about 1802Died: 1871
Family Relationships:
Group:Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried : Wiltshire CountyNative Place: Sevenhampton, Wiltshire
Occupation: Carpenter/Wheelwright
Crime: Rioting/ Riotous assemblySentence: 7 years
Prior Offences: 2-Poaching*Hulk: 1321
Order of Loading: 159Transport: Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number: W1232
Times charged: 2Times punished: 0
Granted Ticket of Leave: 08 Jan 1836Date of Pardon: 05 Feb 1836
Type of Pardon: Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History: > England <1851
Marriages: England, 1819
Place of Death: England

Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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