pardon · 1836
Absolute pardons to the TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS -- James Brine, James Hammett, James Loveless, John & Thomas Standfield (per Surry, all Surrey/Dorset) -- under Despatch No.131 (24 Mar 1836), plus the Lydon and Murray brothers (No.143); and conditional pardons to ~50 named convicts (transport ship given for each). The famous 1836 royal pardon of the six Dorset farm labourers transported in 1834 for swearing a union oath, after a national campaign forced their reprieve.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to be notified that the Right Honorable the Se- cretary of State for the …
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OfficialGOVERNOR
OffenderJames Brine
OffenderJames Hammett
OffenderJames Loveless
OffenderJohn Stanfield
OffenderThomas Stanfield
OffenderJohn Lydon
OffenderPeter Lydon
OffenderMichael Lydon
OffenderEdmund Murray
OffenderJames Murray
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 238, 7 September 1836.
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