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| Name | DYSART – Hugh |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 21st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 722 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 9th July 1830 /18 years 11 months / Ayr Ayrshire Scotland Collier |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10½ in Dark / Black / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Van Dieman’s Land and Swan River – Upward 6 years East Indies – Upward 7 years |
| Length of Service | 20 years 228 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 8th July 1851 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 9d per diem |
| Pension Paid | 1851 1st Glasgow 1851 Paisley 1852 Ayr 1852 Edinburgh 1856-1883 Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th June 1856 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RUNNYMEDE 7th September 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1808 Tarbolton Ayrshire Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | McLELLAN Lilias or Lily c1830 Midlothian Scotland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 29th March 1850 Tolbooth Parish Edinburgh Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | James B c1850 Not yet known D 1862 Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | McLELLAN James Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Margaret Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | In 1864 Pensioner Dysart was awarded £1 by the Comptroller General for his role in preventing convicts from escaping from Fremantle prison. |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal Saturday 8 April 1837 page 881 Larceny also Swan River Guardian Thursday 6 April 1837 page 100 Larceny Daily News Monday 12th March 1883 page 3 Death of Hugh Dysart |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 10th March 1883 Mt. Eliza Depot Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th September 1882 Colonial Hospital Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Stationed Dinapore India 1851 Glasgow Scotland In the 1851 Census Hugh Dysart is still a serving soldier in the 21st regiment stationed at Dunbarton Dunbartonshire Scotland he is listed as a single man despite having married in March 1850. Discharge due to Chronic Ophthalmic On 4th March 1868 Hugh Dysart was sentenced to 14 years penal servitude for arson on wheat stacks at Champion Bay, the sentenced was reduced to 5 year penal servitude on 26th December 1871 as there was a possibility that the prosecutor had set fire to the stacks himself, Dysart was then released with a Ticket of Leave on 6 February 1872 and granted his Certificate of Freedom on 9 April 1873. He had his pension restored to him subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for War – approved 21st October 1874 Lily/Lilias seems to have had her name recorded as Lydia and under the name Lydia Dysart appears in the court lists. Also recorded on the Old Parish Registers as Helen McLillan. |