Richard HOME Richard Raper HOME John HOME Duncan Charles HOME Caroline Purvis HOME Frances Harriet HOME Mary Ann HOME Robert Elton HOME Eliza Blanche HOME Ethel Frances HOME Kathleen Minette HOME Richard Duncan Elton HOME John Elton HOME William Elton HOME Elizabeth Georgianna ELTON George Row HOME Frederick Jervis HOME Alexander Lefevre HOME Jean Batsford HOME Augusta Anne HOME Frances Sophia FRASER Mini tree diagram

Colonel Robert HOME

Robert HOME

20th Dec 18341,2 - 8th Jul 18961,7,8,9

Bengal Engineer1

Life History

20th Dec 1834

Born in India, Calcutta, Fort William.1,2

Father - Richard Home - Captain, Sec. to Clothing Board
Mother - Frances Sophia

Research Note :-
The India Office Records Biography gives the date of birth as being 29 Dec 1834
The India Office Birth Record gives the date as 20 Dec 1834.
Both are transcriptions.

1st Feb 1835

Baptised in India, Calcutta, Fort William.1,2

Father - Captain Richard Home, Bengal Army
Mother - Frances Sophia

1850

Educated Addiscombe College.1

30th Mar 1851

Occupation Scholar.10

30th Mar 1851

Recorded in census in Wandsworth, Putney.10

Robert Home - Pupil - 16 - Scholar - born Bengal,
George Home - Pupil - 13 - Scholar - born Bengal,
Frederick Home - Pupil - 11 - Scholar - born Bengal,

after 14th Sep 1857

Letter.3

Extract of a letter to his mother (Frances Sophia Home formerly Fraser) from D. C. Home's brother Robert

"Baird Smith passed through here yesterday on his way to ? and told us that Duncan is to get the Victoria Cross for his valour in the field and that he was the first to be recommended and he will be the first Indian Officer who has been decorated with it ..."

7th Jan 1868

Married Elizabeth Georgianna ELTON in India, Sealkote.26,27

By Licence
Groom - Robert Home, bachelor
Bride - Elizabeth Georgianna Elton, spinster
Groom's occupation - 2nd Captain Royal Bengal Engineers
Father of the groom - Richard Home
Father of the bride - Henry Elton
Witnesses :-
H. Elton
H. Trevelyan, Lt..Co. 7th Hussars
A L Home

29th May 1869

Birth of son Robert Elton HOME in India.11,12,13

between Jan 1871 and Mar 1871

Birth of daughter Eliza Blanche HOME in Brighton.6,14

2nd Apr 1871

Occupation Royal Bengal Engineers.4

2nd Apr 1871

Recorded in census in Brighton, The Palace (Vernon Terrace).4

Frances Sophia Home - Head - Widow - 64 - Annuitant - born Middlesex London
Jean B Home - Daughter - 23 - Officer's Daughter - born France,
Augusta A Home - Daughter - 21 - Officer's Daughter - born East Indies
Robert Home - Son - Married - 36 - Royal Bengal Engineers - born East Indies
Eliza G Home - Wife - 19 - born East Indies
Robert E Home - Son - 1 - born East Indies
Ella B Home - Daughter - 3 months - born Sussex Brighton
Staff x 5

14th Sep 1872

Birth of daughter Ethel Frances HOME in India.6,15,16

25th Oct 1874

Birth of daughter Kathleen Minette HOME in India, Umballa.6,17,18

22nd Dec 1876

Birth of son Richard Duncan Elton HOME in India.6,19,20

27th Oct 1878

Birth of son John Elton HOME in India.6,21,22

8th Feb 1881

Birth of son William Elton HOME in Cheltenham.6,23,24,25

3rd Apr 1881

Occupation Lieut Col. Royal Bengal Engineers.5

3rd Apr 1881

Recorded in census in Cheltenham (Lansdown Crescent, No. 8).5

Robert Home - Head - Married - 46 - Lieut Col. Royal Bengal Engineers - born East Indies
Elizabeth G Home - Wife - 29 - born East Indies
Robert E Home - Son - 11 - Scholar - born East Indies
Eliza B Home - Daughter - 10 - Scholar - born Brighton,
Ethel F Home - Daughter - 8 - Scholar - born East Indies
Kathleen M Home - Daughter - 6 - Scholar - born East Indies
Richard D E Home Son - 4 - Scholar  - born East Indies
John E Home - Son - 2 - born East Indies
William E Home - Son - 1 - born Cheltenham
Staff x 2

Research Note :-
Living next door to Margaret E Smith and Delia Smith, both formerly Rochfort, and both aunts to Elizabeth Georgianna Home. Also various cousins to Elizabeth Georgianna.

5th Apr 1891

Occupation Retired Col Royal Engineers.6

5th Apr 1891

Recorded in census in Cheltenham (Suffolk Square, No 6).6

Robert Home - Head - Married 56 - Retired Col Royal Engineers - born East Indies
Eliza G Home - Wife - 39 - born East Indies
Eliza B Home - Daughter - 20 - born Brighton
Ethel F Home - Daughter - 18 - born East Indies
Kathleen M Home - Daughter - 17 - born East Indies
Richard D E Home - Son - 14 - Scholar - born East Indies
John E Home - Son - 12 - Scholar - born East Indies
William E Home - Son - 10 - Scholar - born East Indies
Staff x 3

23rd Jul 1896

Probate in London.8

Of 6 Suffolk Square, Cheltenham, Colonel in Her Majesty's Army late Royal (Bengal) engineers.
Executor - Elizabeth Georgianna Home, widow
Effects - 1,335. 1s. 0d.

8th Jul 1896

Died in Cheltenham (Suffolk Square, No 6).1,7,8,9

From the Cheltenham Chronicle :-
"July 8, at 6 Suffolk-square, Cheltenham, Col. Robert Home, R.E., C.I.E., aged 61"

Other facts

 

Occupation Bengal Engineer in India.1

Sources

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