Barque. Lord Burleigh

Official Number

Date

Builder

Tonnage

Fate

419

1853

Sunderland uk

622

Unknown

Sailed Gravesend April 18th 1856 - arrived Auckland August 8th 1856

This fine ship, one of the Willis' line, was vessel of 622 tons, in command of Captain A.C. Clarke. Sailing from Gravesend on 18th April, she crossed the Equator 22nd May and arrived 8th August. This vessel had hitherto earned a reputation for speed, her previous passage to Sydney having been made in 79 days. On the trip to Auckland for 12 consecutive days she made an average run of 290 miles per diem. She carried 12 cabin and 128 second and steerage passengers.

NOTE: The above is a quote from the book "White Wings" -Sir Henry Brett, however futher investigation has found it contains some errors. Lloyds register shows the Lord Burleigh was owned by Blair & Co. not the Willis Line and she was Barque rigged.

For the original newspaper passenger list please click here.

Passenger List

Surname	Christian Name	Surname	Christian Name
ACLAND	Miss Emily	McDONALD	Elizabeth
" " " "	Mrs Harriet	" " " "	Humphry
ANGUS	W.	" " " "	Hector
ARMSTRONG	Martha	" " " "	Ann
BACON	John	" " " "	John *
" " " "	Margaret	" " " "	Isabella
" " " "	Margaret	" " " "	John
" " " "	John	" " " "	Ann
" " " "	James	" " " "	Norman
BADLEY	R.	" " " "	Duncan
BELL	F.W.	" " " "	Colin
BENNETT	Alfred	MILLAR	Allan
" " " "	Ellen	" " " "	Robert
" " " "	Ellen (infant)	" " " "	Janet
" " " "	Thos	MORRIS	J.
BOOTH	Mary	MORTON	David
" " " "	Thomas J.	" " " "	Mary
BROWN	Ralph	" " " "	Mary
" " " "	Elizabeth	" " " "	George
" " " "	Emma	MUIR	Agnes
" " " "	Paul	" " " "	Elizabeth
" " " "	James	" " " "	Agnes
" " " "	Elizabeth	NAIRN	Margaret
" " " "	John	" " " "	William
" " " "	Peter	" " " "	John
" " " "	James	" " " "	Robert
" " " "	Agnes	" " " "	Margaret
" " " "	Janet	" " " "	George
" " " "	Elizabeth	NELSON	Janet
CAMPBELL	Janet	" " " "	John
" " " "	Janet	" " " "	Jane
CARPENDALE	Alex V.	PHILCOX	W.
DAWSON	F.	PRATT	J.G.
FISHER	D.	PURVIS	George A.
" " " "	Margaret	RACEY	Charles
" " " "	John	" " " "	Mary
" " " "	James	" " " "	Mary Ann
" " " "	Margaret	" " " "	Robert
" " " "	Robert	" " " "	Sarah
" " " "	Agnes	" " " "	Mary Ann
" " " "	Catherine	" " " "	Robert
GIBBONS	Ellen	" " " "	W.F.
GLASSFORD	Elizabeth	" " " "	E. (infant)
GOODWIN	John	" " " "	Matthias
" " " "	Georgiana	ROWE	Mr H.
" " " "	Ellen	SHERSON	Thomas
" " " "	Maria	" " " "	Jane
GRACE	James	SHORT	John
" " " "	Elizabeth	" " " "	Clarissa
" " " "	Ann	" " " "	Jemima
" " " "	James R.	" " " "	John
HICTON	Ann	" " " "	Thomas
" " " "	Caroline	" " " "	Mary
" " " "	James	" " " "	Ellen
" " " "	Ann	" " " "	Maria
HOMER	G.	" " " "	Jane
JOHNSTON	Ann	" " " "	Samuel
" " " "	Rebecca	SIMS	Mary F.
" " " "	Thomas	SMITH	Thomas
LYONS	James	STEWART	Andrew
" " " "	Robert	" " " "	Mary
MARSHALL	W.	" " " "	Janet
MARTIN	Patrick	STRONG	Margaret
" " " "	Christopher	" " " "	Susannah
McCAUL	Jessie	" " " "	Christianna
" " " "	Allison	SUTTON	G.
" " " "	Catherine	TREMAIN	E.
" " " "	Ann	" " " "	Mary A.
" " " "	Janet	WALLIS	W.W.
" " " "	Lloyd	WATERS	Charles
" " " "	Mary	YOUNG	W.
" " " "	Margaret
" " " "	George

* The passenger list for the highlighted McDonalds has been presented in family order. Head of the household Hector first, then wife Ann followed by the children in birth order. One would then assume this has been placed in a family group which does make you wonder about the extra John*. As he is third on the list (before the children) I assume he was an adult relation of Hector's, though this is yet to be proven.