toryTory, 1834
According to this despatch, toryTory sailed from England to Vancouver Island, arriving in June, 1851. On board were aproximately 120 people, mostly employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and their families. Included in this group were Edward E. Langford, James Cooper, and Mr. Blenkhorne.
This document notes that the toryTory's journey to Victoria took seven months. According to Moresby, the colonists, the greater part being servants of the Hudson's Bay Company, were brought to the island to establish farms in Victoria, Esquimalt, and Metchosin.
This toryTory is not to be confused with the barque of the same name that carried settlers to New Zealand in 1841. This latter ship was owned by the New Zealand Company and was wrecked in the Philipines on January 23rd, 1841.1
  • 1. A. H. McLintock, Ed., An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3 (Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1966), 249.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. Tory, 1834. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/tory.html.

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