Edward EAGAR

1787 - 1866  (79 years)

• Name	Edward EAGAR
  Born	1787	Killarney, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Criminal	1804
  	Uttering a forged bill.
  	In 1804 Eagar was apprenticed to a solicitor and subsequently admitted as a solicitor and attorney in Dublin, but in 1809 he was sentenced to death at the Cork Summer Assizes for uttering a forged bill. Possibly as a result of family influence or his spectacular death-cell conversion his sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He arrived in Sydney in the Providence in July 1811. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
  Emigration	1811	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	In 1804 Eagar was apprenticed to a solicitor and subsequently admitted as a solicitor and attorney in Dublin, but in 1809 he was sentenced to death at the Cork Summer Assizes for uttering a forged bill. Possibly as a result of family influence or his spectacular death-cell conversion his sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He arrived in Sydney in the Providence in July 1811. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography
  Immigration	1821	New South Wales, Australia
  	Returned to England 1821 to represent the emancipated convicts before the British Parliament. Prominent colonial champion for civil liberty.  A book by Kevin Lewis Smith,  Colonial Litigant Extraordinaire,  relates his story.
  Living	18 Aug 1824	St Pancras, Middlesex
  Occupation	18 Aug 1824
  	Merchant
  Occupation	1841
  	Accountant
  Census	1 Jun 1841	14 Warren Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
  Occupation	7 Oct 1847
  	Gentleman
  Living	1 Nov 1848	Kings Rows, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
  Occupation	1 Nov 1848
  	Gentleman
  Occupation	1851
  	Solicitor's Managing Clerk
  Census	1 Apr 1851	6 Kings Row, St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
  Occupation	1861
  	Solicitor
  Census	1 Apr 1861	25 Michael's Place, Kensington, Middlesex
  Misc	1866
  	Entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography
  Died	2 Nov 1866	Kensington, Middlesex
  Person ID	I2986	1. Essex Ennevers
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Richard EAGAR
  Mother	Frances UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F1854	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family (spouse) 1	Jemima MCDUEL,   Born:  1796, New South Wales, Australia ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown
  Married	1815	St Philip's Church, Church Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. Richard Edward EAGAR,   Born:  1816, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   Died:  1866, At sea  (Age 50 years)   2. Geoffrey EAGAR,   Born:  1818, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   Died:  12 Sep 1891  (Age 73 years)   3. Frances EAGAR,   Born:  Abt 1821, New South Wales, Australia ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   4. Edward EGAR,   Born:  1821, New South Wales, Australia ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown
  Family histories		Edward Eagar (1787-1866) Convict, lawyer & merchant
  		Geoffrey Eagar (1818-1891) Accountant, banker, politician and public servant
  		Marriages to a closely-related family member (including to a dead spouse's sibling and a dead sibling's spouse and some bigamous and other illegal marriages)
  Family ID	F1850	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family (spouse) 2	Ellen Gormon MOONEY,   Born:  1806, Holborn, Middlesex ,   Died:  8 Jan 1870, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Nicholas Henry EAGAR,   Born:  12 Feb 1824,   Died:  24 Aug 1872, Gladesville Hospital, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 48 years)   2. William EAGAR,   Born:  31 Dec 1825, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   3. Ellen Mary EAGAR,   Born:  12 Feb 1827, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   4. Edward Richard EAGAR,   Born:  20 Sep 1832, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   5. Sidney Cooper EAGAR,   Born:  4 Dec 1833, St Pancras, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   6. Minnie EAGAR,   Born:  1835/6, St Pancras, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   7. Francis EAGAR,   Born:  25 Mar 1837,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   8. Bessie Alice EAGAR,   Born:  14 Jun 1838, Holborn, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   9. Elizabeth H EAGAR,   Born:  1837/8, Middlesex ,   Died:  Yes, date unknown   10. Frank Alexander Matthew EAGAR,   Born:  6 Nov 1844, Clerkenwell, Middlesex ,   Died:  27 Jul 1911, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 66 years)
  Family histories		Edward Eagar (1787-1866) Convict, lawyer & merchant
  		Geoffrey Eagar (1818-1891) Accountant, banker, politician and public servant
  		Marriages to a closely-related family member (including to a dead spouse's sibling and a dead sibling's spouse and some bigamous and other illegal marriages)
  Family ID	F906	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1787 - Killarney, Ireland Emigration - 1811 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Married - 1815 - St Philip's Church, Church Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Immigration - 1821 - New South Wales, Australia Living - 18 Aug 1824 - St Pancras, Middlesex Census - 1 Jun 1841 - 14 Warren Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex Living - 1 Nov 1848 - Kings Rows, Clerkenwell, Middlesex Census - 1 Apr 1851 - 6 Kings Row, St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex Census - 1 Apr 1861 - 25 Michael's Place, Kensington, Middlesex Died - 2 Nov 1866 - Kensington, Middlesex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photographs

  Edward Eagar State Library of NSW

  
  

  Family histories		Criminals and law-breakers in the Ennever and associated families A list of all known family law-breakers and their crimes
  		Well-known family members All family members who I have found featured in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or its Australian equivalent, Who's Who 2008 or with an obituary in The Times.