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Lord Auckland

Barque, 628 tons new / 516 tons old, 480 tons reg. Built at Calcutta, India in 1836, for Messrs Brown and Co of London and commanded by Captain Jardine. This ship arrived in Nelson with immigrants from London on 26th of February 1842 and one of the passengers, J. Barnicoat, made several drawings of the ship during the voyage. The Lord Auckland also made 4 voyages to Hobart, Tasmania in 1844, 1846, 1849 and 1853 with convicts. On the voyage to Nelson the ship had on board 171 passengers, 42 crew, 18 sheep, 18 pigs, numerous geese, ducks and chickens for food and 95 tons of fresh water. Two deck plans exist, one giving immigrants allotted personal areas on the ship. Length 114ft x breadth 29ft 6in x depth 21ft 6in, with a square stern and sham quarter galleries, and with a man’s bust figurehead, her hull was coppered in 1838 and 1849.
Arrival Date 23/02/1842
Tonnage 482
Departure Port West India Docks
Destination Port Nelson
NZC Ref 34/2, pp.151-80
Examiner Ref I
Voyage Information Captain Jardine master. George Samuel Lidbetter surgeon. Emigrants embarked 21 September 1841 West India Docks. Total 155 souls. 1 adult and 4 children died on voyage, and two babies were born.

All Passengers on Voyage

 Passenger NameProfessionAge At Arrival
1. Barnicoat, John Wallace surveyor 27
2. Burn, Daniel baker & bricklayer 23
3. Burn, Eleanor child 10
4. Burn, Eliza dressmaker 16
5. Burn, Rebecca dressmaker 45
6. Burn, Robert tin man 18
7. Burns, Frances wife 23
8. Burns, John joiner 27
9. Calman, David carpenter 27
10. Calman, John child
11. Calman, Margaret wife 33
12. Cole, Mary Ann dressmaker 30
13. Cole, Thomas child 8
14. Cole, William child 6
15. Coombs, Eliza child 10
16. Coombs, Henry child 8
17. Coombs, Henry sawyer 35
18. Coombs, Jane child 12
19. Coombs, Maria child 6
20. Coombs, Mary child 3
21. Coombs, Sarah child
22. Coombs, Sarah wife 30
23. Cowley, Edward carpenter 20
24. Crawford, Amelia wife 25
25. Crawford, Robert farm labourer & coachman 28
26. Durrant, Esther child 6
27. Durrant, Mary child 8
28. Durrant, Robert child 10
29. Durrant, Robert Jeffery agricultural labourer & sawyer 38
30. Durrant, Sarah wife 33
31. Durrant, Sarah child 12
32. Durrant, Sophia child
33. Fell, Alfred gentleman 24
34. Fieldes, Jane child 3
35. Fieldes, Sarah wife 31
36. Fieldes, Susanna child 8
37. Fieldes, Walter child 1
38. Fieldes, William sawyer 29
39. Flanigan, Betsy child 11
40. Flanigan, Dominick agricultural labourer & lime burner 40
41. Flanigan, Hannah servant 18
42. Flanigan, Mark child 2
43. Flanigan, Mary wife 38
44. Flanigan, Michael agricultural labourer 20
45. Flanigan, Thomas child
46. Flanigan, William child 7
47. Gee, John child
48. Gee, Martha wife 21
49. Gee, Robert servant 23
50. Graham, Peter merchant 31
51. Green, Charlotte died on board
52. Green, Edward tailor 23
53. Greenhow, Francis farmer 20
54. Hammond, Amos child 7
55. Hammond, David agricultural labourer 30
56. Hammond, Edward child 8
57. Hammond, Elizabeth wife 35
58. Hammond, Ellen Letitia child 1
59. Hammond, Hannah wife 39
60. Hammond, Henry child
61. Hammond, James brickmaker & labourer 34
62. Hammond, John child 5
63. Hammond, Joseph child 13
64. Hammond, Mary Ann child 11
65. Hammond, Mary Ann wife 31
66. Hammond, Oswald child 3
67. Hammond, Robert child 5
68. Hammond, Samuel child 3
69. Hammond, Sarah child 8
70. Hammond, Sarah child 13
71. Hammond, William shoemaker 45
72. Hammond, William Junior labourer 15
73. Hargreaves, Ann child 5
74. Hargreaves, Elizabeth child
75. Hargreaves, Henry carpenter & joiner 25
76. Hargreaves, James cabinet maker & carpenter 20
77. Hargreaves, Jane wife 44
78. Hargreaves, John cabinet maker & carpenter 18
79. Hargreaves, Josephus cabinet maker & carpenter 45
80. Hargreaves, Lawrence cabinet maker & carpenter 15
81. Hargreaves, Mary Jane child 10
82. Hargreaves, Matthew Prince child 7
83. Hargreaves, Sarah sempstress 14
84. Hargreaves, Sarah wife 32
85. Harley, Alfred child 3
86. Harley, Arthur child
87. Harley, Charles carpenter 34
88. Harley, Eliza Jane child 9
89. Harley, Sarah wife 30
90. Harley, William Charles child 7
91. Harper, Elizabeth servant 20
92. Hart, Abraham agricultural labourer 34
93. Hart, Lucy wife 23
94. Hart, Mary Ann died on board
95. Hart, Richard agricultural labourer 32
96. Hart, Sarah wife 29
97. Hart, Thomas child
98. Hart, William child
99. Herbert, Elizabeth wife 44
100. Herbert, James child 12
101. Herbert, Joseph agricultural labourer & lime burner 36
102. Jenkins, Alfred George improver 26
103. Jenkins, F D child 18
104. Jenkins, Harriette wife 25
105. Kemp, Benjamin died on board
106. Kemp, George child 2
107. Kemp, George gardener 28
108. Kemp, Marion wife 30
109. Kemp, Marion child 3
110. Lidbetter, George Samuel surgeon 27
111. Lovell, Alfred child 2
112. Lovell, Ann wife 30
113. Lovell, Benjamin child 6
114. Lovell, Benjamin sawyer 33
115. Lovell, Fanny child 10
116. Lovell, Hester wife 29
117. Lovell, James sawyer 25
118. Lovell, Mary Ann child 3
119. Lovell, Mercy died on board
120. Maher, Ann (Nancy Lanphier) wife 43
121. Maher, Catherine servant 20
122. Maher, Catherine child 9
123. Maher, James child 7
124. Maher, John ploughman 32
125. Maher, John labourer 22
126. Maher, Mary wife 33
127. Maher, Mary child 5
128. Maher, Michael ploughman 48
129. Maher, Michael child 13
130. Mills, Ann child 8
131. Mills, Ann Sophia wife 27
132. Mills, Eliza child 2
133. Mills, John child
134. Mills, Richard died on board
135. Mills, Richard butcher 30
136. Mills, Thomas child 6
137. Moon, Edward bank clerk 20
138. Nixon, Elizabeth wife 34
139. Nixon, Elizabeth child 7
140. Nixon, Fanny child 3
141. Nixon, John agricultural labourer 42
142. O'Connor, John child
143. O'Connor, Mary wife 24
144. O'Connor, Oliver servant 22
145. Otterson, Francis merchant 44
146. Otterson, Jane wife 28
147. Otterson, May child 1
148. Owen, Charles draper 20
149. Patchett, William Bennett merchant 29
150. Prosser, Margaret servant 18
151. Raper, Anthony labourer 30
152. Raper, Elizabeth wife 22
153. Richardson, Henry farm labourer 16
154. Robinson, Elizabeth wife 24
155. Robinson, Elizabeth child 2
156. Robinson, James joiner 28
157. Robinson, Jane child 4
158. Robinson, Martha child 5
159. Rogerson, Henrietta child 4
160. Rogerson, Mary child 8
161. Rogerson, Melinda wife 34
162. Rogerson, Sarah child
163. Rogerson, William child 6
164. Rogerson, William farmer & gardner 38
165. Sclanders, David merchant 25
166. Skinner, Sarah servant 22
167. Smith, George millwright 27
168. Smith, Margaret wife 22
169. Smith, Mary child
170. Sweet, Edward David bank clerk 22
171. Thompson, Emily servant & tailoress 28
172. Thompson, Thomas John surveyor 27
173. Wilson, James clerk 38
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