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Murray, Robert Lathrop (1777–1850)

landowner, soldier, convict and journalist

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Alternative Names
  • Murray, Robert William Felton Lathrop
  • Lathropp, Robert William Felton
  • A Colonist
Birth

1777
Shropshire, England

Death

2 November, 1850 (aged ~ 73)
West Felton, Shropshire, England

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Convict Record

Crime: bigamy
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Old Bailey, London
Trial Date: January 1815
(1815)

Post-transportation

Left the colony: Yes