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Added 21.11.2013.

IN PROGRESS 21.11.2013

4th Light Dragoons & other army passengers aboard the "Duke of Sussex" departing Gravesend 2nd of February 1831, arriving Bombay 1st June 1831.


PB, November 2012: This is an edited list to show Army-related passengers only, and re-sequenced to show families together.


Mrs Baillie [or Baille]

Mrs Blake, wife of Cornet Blake

Cornet [B. H.], Blake, 4th Light Dragoons

Mrs Hannah, Bright, Servant to Mrs Fendall

Lieutenant [?] Dennis, 6th Regiment Foot

Major [William] Fendall, 4th Light Dragoons

Mrs [Caroline Eleanor], Fendall, wife of Major Fendall

George Fendall, Son of Major Fendall

Frances Fendall, Daughter of Major Fendall, born 22 03 1831

Mrs Forde

Lieutenant [?] Keith, 2nd Regiment Foot

Ann Magett [or Magatt or Maggott], Servant to Mrs Baillie [or Baille]

Mrs Marshall, wife of a soldier in the 20th Regiment Foot

Cornet [George] Maude, 4th Light Dragoons

Mr G. C. or C. G., Prendergast, Writer

Ensign [?] Young, 6th Regiment Foot

Serjeant [or Private] William Price, 4th Light Dragoons

Mrs Helen Price, wife of Sergeant [or Private] Price

Eliza Price, Daughter of Helen Price, 1 years

Helen Price, Daughter of Helen Price, 6 years

William Price, Son of Helen Price, 4 years

Corporal [or Private] John Ralston, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Joseph Birch, 4th Light Dragoons

Private John Burgess 4th Light Dragoons

Private, James Burton 4th Light Dragoons

Private John Byrne, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private George Clout, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Mrs Jane Clout, wife of Private George Clout

Private Charles Cox, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Mrs Jane Cox, wife of Private Charles Cox

Richard Cox, Son of Jane Cox, 12 years

Private Joseph Fairweather, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Michael Ford, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private George Hankins [or Hawkins], Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Henry Horne, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William Langley [or Laughly], Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Joseph Logan, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private John Manning, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Obadiah Marlow, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private John Masters, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William McCauley, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William Minerds, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Richard Poole, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Benjamin V. Sibley [or Seebley], Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William [John William], Selwood, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private James Smith, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William Staines, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private William Taylor, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private John F. Weeber, Private, 4th Light Dragoons

Private Sampson Wills, Private, 4th Light Dragoons



[Source: The complete passenger list, compiled by Wendy Leahy, can be viewed on her website http:/shadowsoftime.co.nz/dukesussex.html (accessed 21.11.2013).

It was extracted by her from the Log of the Duke of Sussex, Ref. IOR/MAR/L/B87G, 3rd Voyage; the Bombay Calendar and Almanac 1832, Shipping arrivals: May 1831, 30th May 1831, The HC's Ship Duke of Sussex, Capt. W. H. Whitehead, from London, Torbay 17th February 1831. Additional information from Pay and Muster Rolls for Regiment of 4th Light Dragoons, and from the relevant Embarkation Returns.

We are very grateful to Wendy Leahy for allowing us to include the list on this website.


For further information, or to express an interest in the project, please email the editors, Philip Boys & Roy Mills, via info@chargeofthelightbrigade.com