Person:George Binns (11)

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George P Binns
b.6 Dec 1815 Sunderland, Durham, England
d.5 Apr 1847 Nelson, New Zealand
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m. 30 Jan 1807
  1. Eliza Binns1807 - 1861
  2. Ann Binns1809 -
  3. Henry Binns1810 - 1880
  4. Thomas Watson Binns1811 - 1812
  5. Rachel Binns1814 - 1832
  6. George P Binns1815 - 1847
  7. Dr. John Binns1817 - 1875
  8. William Binns1819 - 1866
  9. Watson Binns1820 - 1905
  10. Margaret Binns1822 - 1851
  11. Frederick Binns1825 - 1911
  12. Sarah Binns1826 - 1894
  13. Edward Binns1827 - 1902
  14. Sophia Binns1828 - 1858
  15. Lucy Binns1830 - 1908
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Name George P Binns
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 6 Dec 1815 Sunderland, Durham, England
Education[4] From 1826 to 1829 Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandAckworth School
Occupation? From 1830 to 1837 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandDraper
Other? From Aug 1842 to 14 Dec 1842 Nelson, New ZealandMigration
Death? 5 Apr 1847 Nelson, New ZealandBridge Street; Cause: Tuberculosis.
Burial? 5 Apr 1847 Nelson, New ZealandHallowell Cemetery,

RELIGION: Christian - Religious Society of Friends.

OCCUPATION: He was for 18 months a Durham Chartist. [See Memoirsof Frederick Binns (362) - page 8 and notes from a thesis by Dr Keith Wilson for "Radical Politicians and Poets in Early Victorian Britain"]. London University, University College London (UCL) Manuscripts Room: Brougham papers [HB/13675 - HB/10834] © 2002The contents of this catalogue are the copyright of University College London <http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult.asp?LR=103>Rights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown

FILE - GREY (Charles), 2nd Earl Grey. Letter to Lord Brougham. - ref. BROUGHAM HB/39107 - date: 18 September 1841|_ [from Scope and Content] Howick's success at Sunderland; Enclosing a speech [not sent] of the Radical Binns charging Attwood's friends with attempted bribery. - The Queen and Peel.

He was involved in a bookselling business with James Williams, with whom he had served a sentence in gaol, but this proved disastrous and he was again jailed - this time for debt. In New Zealand he worked variously as a butcher and as a baker.




MIGRATION: To New Zealand on 1 August 1847 on board the 'Bombay' as a paying passenger.

RESIDENCES: 1815 - At birth - Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, England. 1837 - Newcastle, Co. Durham, England. 1841 - Nelson, NewZealand.

CONFLICT: Sunderland states "6 months Chartist."

MISCELLANEOUS_NOTES: Like many of the Binns' family he suffered from tuberculosis and died from this disease of 5 April 1847.

INITIAL_SOURCE: Leicester.

References
  1. ↑ ? Arthur Chamney Leicester. An Account of the Family of the Binns from 1663 (Leicester Document). (Unpublished Family Tree).
  2. ↑ Joseph John Binns (1839-1922). An Account of the Family of the Binns from 1663 (Sunderland document). (Largely collected materials from Friends' Registers).
  3. ↑ Society of Friends Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Deaths and Marriages (1578-1841). PRO RG 6/.775: DUR: QM of Durham: Births 1812-1828. (Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department and Office of Population (1567-1997)).
  4. ↑ Ackworth School Centenary Committee List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779-1879. (Ackworth 1879.).
  5.   Kenneth Wilson. Lothersdale Chart. (unpublished chart of Binns families derived from Lothersdale records).
  6.   GREY (Charles), 2nd Earl Grey. Letter to Lord Brougham. - ref. BROUGHAM HB/39107 - date: 18 September 1841. (Unpublished MS).
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