William Clackson
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William Clackson was born circa 1799. He was a shoemaker living in Glasgow
at the time of the "Radical War
" of 1820. He was sentenced to death for his part in the uprising, but this was subsequently communted to transportation
to New South Wales
. He left Scotland
in the convict ship Speke on the 22nd December 1820.
William Clackson arrived in Australia
on the 18th May 1821. In the 1828 census
he is recorded, age 29, as working as a shoemaker in Sydney
, living with his wife Margaret, aged 28, who arrived in the colony on the Orpheus in 1826.
On the 10th August 1835 William Clackson was granted, in common with the other Bonnymuir
insurgents, an absolute pardon.
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
at the time of the "Radical War
Radical War
The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed...
" of 1820. He was sentenced to death for his part in the uprising, but this was subsequently communted to transportation
Penal transportation
Transportation or penal transportation is the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American Revolution in the 1770s, and then to Australia between...
to New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. He left Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in the convict ship Speke on the 22nd December 1820.
William Clackson arrived in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on the 18th May 1821. In the 1828 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
he is recorded, age 29, as working as a shoemaker in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, living with his wife Margaret, aged 28, who arrived in the colony on the Orpheus in 1826.
On the 10th August 1835 William Clackson was granted, in common with the other Bonnymuir
Bonnymuir
Bonnymuir was a moorland area near the town of Bonnybridge in Scotland. Today, it has mostly become either housing or farmland.It was a significant location in the so-called "Radical War" of 1820...
insurgents, an absolute pardon.