Hi Lynne Have you checked British history on line? You never know...... www.british-history.ac.uk/ Google search http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GPEA_enAU304AU306&q=%22Richard+Foord+Higgins%22 Pam from Adelaide Australia > > One of my ancestors, Richard Foord Higgins, was a member of the Aldington > Gang of smugglers and transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1827. According > to Lord Teignmouth and Charles G Harper in The Smugglers, Richard worked > as a gamekeeper to a gentleman. I would be interested to find out more > about who Richard may have worked for and when. Any other local history > information about Bonnington would also be very much appreciated. > > Regards, Lynne