TUITE – Richard HEIC Bengal 2nd European Light Infantry

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NameTUITE Richard
Regiment (s)Honourable East India Company Bengal 2nd European Light Infantry
Regiment Number (s) 15
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation		23rd September 1839 / 29 years / Waterford Ireland
Labourer
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars		 5 Ft 7 in
Fresh / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationHEIC
Length of Service9 years 6 months
Rank/Date/Place of DischargePrivate / 8th August 1849 / Not yet known
Campaign MedalsNot yet known
Intended Residence at
Discharge		12 Spring Garden Parade Ballybough Dublin  Ireland
Pension Districts1849 2nd Dublin
1850 2nd East London
1851-1852 Western Australia
1853 2nd East London
1855 1st Dublin
1856 2nd Dublin
1856 1st Dublin
1858 East London
1858 1st Dublin
Pension Paid6d – Temporary 1 year until 1st May 1850 then Permanent
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland 		1st February 1851 Falmouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia		MERMAID 15th May 1851
Date/Place of Birth1810 St. Thomas Dublin Ireland
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth		Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage		Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism		Not yet known
Date/Place of MarriageNot yet known
Children by 1st WifeNot yet known
Father of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth		Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage		Not yet known
Land Grants Western
Australia		None
Occupation after
Arrival		Not yet known
Newspaper ArticlesPerth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News – Friday 16th January 1852 – page 2 – pensioner Tuite charged with stealing some liquors from his employer
Friday 25th February 1853 –  page 2 – Police Intelligence – 19th  – lying drunk in the streets.
Friday 30th September 1853 –  page 2 – Perth Police Intelligence  – for drunkenness while under medical treatment in Colonial Hospital.
Following entries all are for being drunk :
Inquirer 24th August 1851 –  page 3
Inquirer 3rd September 1851 –  page 2
Inquirer 17th March 1852  –  page 2
Inquirer  Wednesday 7th April 1852  –  page 3
Inquirer 2nd March 1853 –  page 3
Departure from Western
Australia		1853 per unknown ship
Date/Place of Death/Burial31st December 1863  Dublin, Ireland
Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife		Not yet known
Will or ProbateNone known
Further InformationComment in WO23 record 2nd June 1852 states this ‘man’ ‘dumped from enrolled Force for Drunkenness”.

In April 1853 sought assistance for passage home – denied

Remarks
Richard TUIITE’’s claim that he had money coming to him from a will may have had some truth in it, as a Richard TUITE of Courtney Lane, Ballybough, coal factor, died in 1843 and left a will
[Note: Richard gave his intended place of residence as Spring Gardens Parade, Ballybough.]
He seemed to spend a lot of time between Dublin & London.

A Richard TUITE, father Richard, Mother Mary was bap at St. Mary’s (Pro-Cathedral) Dublin City on 21st May 1807.