Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Lord Hungerford, 930 tons, Captain J.W. Hurst, from Plymouth 2nd August 1856, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 28th November 1856

— 16th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1856 ; 8 births and 8 deaths on the passage ; William Leahy Echlin, surgeon-superintendent.

The Lord Hungerford arrived from Plymouth on the 28th November, after a passage of 119 days. Eight births and eight deaths occurred at sea ; 300 souls were landed in the colony. This vessel is well adapted for emigrants ; the people expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with their diet and treatment, and grateful for the kindness shown them by the surgeon-superintendent, as well as the master and officers of the ship. This is the second voyage in which Mr. W.L. Echlin, the surgeon-superintendent, has brought emigrants to this colony, and on both occasions has done so in a most satisfactory manner — the regularity, discipline, and cleanliness of the people have been, on both occasions, most commendable. Ninety-three nominated passengers arrived by this ship. The surgeon-superintendent informed me that he had reason to suspect that seven persons had come out under false names. I find that six of the seven were nominated emigrants. I have written to some of the persons named as depositors, to ask whether the persons nominated by them had really arrived, but the reply to those inquiries has not given me the information desired, in so far as the persons who nominate are purchasers of land, who exercise their privilege, in many cases, to enable poor settlers to get their friends forwarded at little cost, and I have, as yet, been unable to trace whether or not there has been deception practised. The seventh person named as having come out under a false name was selected by the agent at Plymouth, to whom I have written stating the suspicion, and requesting him to make inquiry whether or not the person selected by him under the name given had actually sailed. The immigrants, by this ship, seem to have found ready employment, as all the people, with the exception of four persons, were discharged within a week after the arrival of the ship at the port. From the Lord Hungerford, three families, 20 single men, and two single women, in all 32 souls, sailed immediately for Melbourne, no attempt having been made by these people to find employment in the colony ; but I am gratified to learn that this is the only ship, during the quarter, from which this species of emigration has taken place.

from Lloyds Register 1851-1857
LORD HUNGERFORD - 1851-1857 Master: Captain Patterson (1851); Captain Brown (1852-1854); Captain Hurst (1855-1857) Rigging: Ship; sheathed in yellow metal in 1851 & 1854 Tonnage: 736 tons using old measurements and 928 tons using new measurements Construction: 1813 in Calcutta; some repairs in 1847, 1848 & 1851 Owners: Farquahrson (1851-1855); Teighe & Co. (1855-1857) Port of registry: London Port of survey: London (1851/1855/1857); Liverpool (1852) Voyage: sailed for Sydney (1851); Bombay (1852)
GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Richards, Michael	inf	August 29th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Warren, Henry	1	August 30th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Cornish, Catherine	1	August 31st, 1856	Rubeola	at sea
Stevens, William	1	September 3rd, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Berryman, Daniel	1	September 7th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Mildren, Jacob	2	September 14th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
James, William	19	September 18th, 1856	Inflammation after operation for strangulated hernia	at sea
Truscott, Margaret	08dys	November 14th, 1856	Debility	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Hosking, Margaret		August 27th, 1856	male
Stevens, Catherine		September 17th, 1856	male
Jose, Elizabeth		September 23rd, 1856	male
Forward, Mary		November 6th, 1856	female (twin)
Forward, Mary		November 6th, 1856	female (twin)
Truscott, Margaret		November 6th, 1856	female
Trembarth, Jane		November 11th, 1856	female
Pilkington, Ann		November 12th, 1856	male

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research) ; "1857 Session 2 (306) Papers relative to Emigration to Australian Colonies: ..... Part II. S. and W. Australia, Van Diemen's Land" ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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