Edward Portman

Edward Portman was born on 28 February 1749 in Dublin, Ireland.
He joined the Audax Brotherhood in 1767. He conducted several assassinations in places such as Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom, Bournemouth and Southampton, Hampshire. 
In 1787, he was arrested in Poole for an assassination and was sentenced to death. He escaped with Robert Carlow and James Lobman to Southampton. There, they were caught once more and him and Lobman were sent on the Scarborough in thew First Fleet to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 
He was caught planning mutiny with Bradley Waterford. They were both hanged on 3 June 1787 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.