Convict name: Besant, John.
sentence_details:
Convicted at Wilts. Assizes for a term of 7 years on 24 July 1830.
vessel: Proteus
date_of_departure: 12 April 1831.
place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.
source:
Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 86
title:
John Besant, one of 112 convicts transported on the Proteus, 12 April 1831.
publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]
original_version_note:
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 Project (AJCP).
topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.
neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.
: australia-genealogy
Connected with Besant, John.
Barton, Benjamin.
Convicted at Lincoln City Quarter Sessions and Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 08 January 1831.
Transported by Strathfieldsaye (22 July 1831.).
Brodie, Margaret.
Convicted at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 10 November 1830.
Transported by Mary (09 June 1831.).
Everett, Thomas H.
Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 10 January 1831. Free Pardon.
Transported by Proteus (12 April 1831.).
Gower, Ann.
Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years on 17 February 1831.
Transported by Mary (09 June 1831.).
Ham, Edward.
Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of life on 14 August 1830.
Transported by Isabella (22 November 1831.).
Jones, John.
Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 04 July 1831.
Transported by Portland (19 November 1831.).
Mitchell, William.
Convicted at Oxford (Boro of Bambury) Session of Peace and Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years on 23 October 1830.
Transported by Larkins (11 June 1831.).
Pizzie, Charles.
Convicted at Wilts. Special Gaol Delivery for a term of life on 27 December 1830. Conditional Pardon.
Transported by Proteus (12 April 1831.).
Pope, Joseph.
Convicted at Dorset Special Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 10 January 1831. Free Pardon.
Transported by Eleanor (15 February 1831.).
Robinson, James.
Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of life on 11 April 1831.
Transported by Lord Lynedoch [Lord Lyndoch] (20 July 1831.).
Swan, John the Younger.
Convicted at Cambridge Assizes for a term of 14 years on 11 March 1831.
Transported by Surrey (15 July 1831.).
Tucker, Walter.
Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of life on 30 March 1830.
Transported by Strathfieldsaye (22 July 1831.).
