Thomas Standfield (11 November 1789 – 19 February 1864) was an English agricultural worker, Methodist and union organiser.
[2] George Loveless, Standfield, and other workers petitioned their employers for a wage increase to ten shillings per week, which was agreed by their masters and witnessed by the local Anglican priest.
The workers then joined the nascent Grand National Consolidated Trades Union (GNCTU) and formed a local branch.
On 11 April 1834, the martyrs set sail from Plymouth on the Surry, bound in iron chains and headed for Australia.
[4] Standfield was indentured on a farm near to Maitland, New South Wales[3] In 1836, King William IV was persuaded to issue a pardon to all six men, although it was not until March 1838 that they returned to England.