Born in India, Berkampore.1,2

From the Parish Register :
"November / 29th / Henry Matthew, born 1st November 1810 / s. of Captain Stephen Nation 1st Battn 8th N.I. and Mary Anne his wife / The Rev'd J Carson (Chaplain at Berkampore) "

Baptised in India, Berkampore.1,2

Military in India.3

Joined up
Honorable East India Company Service

Married Jane Catherine SWINHOE in India, Fort William, Old Church.9,1,10

From the Parish Register Transcription :-
Groom - Henry Matthew Nation, of age, bachelor, Bt. Capt 23rd Regt N.I., Dacca
Bride - Jane Catherine Swinhoe, of age, spinster, Calcutta
Father of the groom - Stephen Nation
Father of the bride - T. B. Swinhoe
By licence
Witnesses :-
T. B. Swinhoe
M. Cooper
A. Turnbull
J. E. Swinhoe

Military in India, Bengal.4

Major
European Infantry
Assist. to supdt. for suppression of Thuggee, Moorshedabad div.

Military in India, Chinsurah.4

Major, 3rd European Regiment
Civil employ.

Military.3

Colonel

Military.5,3

Retired from H.M. Indian Forces
Bengal Infantry

Career in New Zealand (Parnell).6

First Mayor.
"The Parnell borough was proclaimed in April, 1877, and colonel Henry Matthew Nation, an old army officer, was the first to occupy the mayoral chair."

Military in New Zealand.5

Colonial Militia and Volunteers
H. M. Nation, late Lt.-Col. H.E.I.C.S.

Died in New Zealand.1,7

Registration year- 1881
Registration number - 1881/129

Memorial or Grave Stone in New Zealand, Auckland, Saint Stephen Graveyard.8

"In memory of
Henry Matthew
Nation
1810-1881
Colonel Bengal Army
First Mayor of Parnell
Placed by his descendants
12 March 2011"