Maj.-General John HOME
John HOME
Life History
approx. 1788 |
Born in Ireland.1 Date of birth calculated from age on memorial inscription |
between 1820 and 1825 |
Occupation Equerry & European aide-de-camp in India, Court of Oudh.2 |
15th Sep 1820 |
Witness at wedding in India, Cawnpore.3 of Charlotte Udney Fraser & James Stewart |
4th Oct 1822 |
Witness at wedding in India, Cawnpore.4 of Richard Home & Frances Sophia Fraser |
7th Jul 1825 |
Witness at wedding in India, Cawnpore.5 of Jean Walker & Frederick William Birch |
27th Jul 1826 |
Letter.6 Political letter from Bengal to the H.I.C. Board of Control dated 27 July 1826. |
17th Oct 1834 |
Letter.7 Letter dated 17 Oct 1834 from John Home to his brother Robert Home on the death of their father - Robert Home - the Artist |
24th Apr 1838 |
Married Susan BATSFORD in Bath, Weston.13,14,15,16,17 From the Gentleman's Magazine :- |
30th Mar 1851 |
Occupation Colonel, HEI Company Service.1 |
30th Mar 1851 |
Recorded in census in Bath, Lansdown (The Retreat, Weston Road).1 John Home - Head - Married - 63 - Colonel HEI Company Service - born Ireland, |
after 1860 |
Memorial or Grave Stone in Bath, Weston, All Saints.9 "Maj.-Gen. Indian Army" |
12th Apr 1860 |
Died in Bath, Weston.8,9,10,11,12 From the Western Daily Press :- |
23rd May 1860 |
Probate in Principal Registry.10 Late of the parish of Weston near Bath - a Major-General in the Indian Army Bengal Establishment |
Sources
- 1. Census 1851 Bath HO107/1943, F654, P21 (John Home)
- HO107/1943, F654, P21
- 2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Home - Tom Fiske, "Home, Robert (1752-1834)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, May 2010
- 3. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages - Fraser & Stewart - 1820
- 4. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages - Home & Fraser - 1822
- 5. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages - Walker & Birch - 1825
- 6. Discharge of Captain John Home from the service of the King of Oudh
- IOR/F/4/968(B)/27397
- 7. Home family papers : Papers of the Home family consisting of a letter dated 1834 written on the death of Robert Home (1752-1834) Court Painter to the King of Oudh 1814-1825 by his son, and photocopies concerning the career of his grandson Lt Duncan Charles Home (1824-1857) Bengal Engineers 1848-1857.
- British Library - Mss EUR C325
- 8. BMD Death Index - John Home
- 1860, Q2, John Home, Bath, 5c, 527
- 9. India Office Records - Memorial Inscription - John Home
- 10. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration - 1860 - John Home
- 11. Western Daily Press - Deaths - John Home
- Western Daily Press, Tuesday, 17 April 1860
- 12. The Times - Deaths - John Home
- The Times, Apr 16, 1860, pg.1; Issue 24595; col A
- 13. Gentleman's Magazine - Marriages - John Home & Susan Batsford
- Gentleman's Magazine, June 1838, Pg. 655
- 14. BMD Marriage Index - Susan Batsford
- 183, Q2, Susan Batsford, Bath, 11, 44
- 15. The Times - Marriages - Batsford & Home - 1838
- The Times, Friday, Apr 27, 1838, pg. 7; Issue 16714; col F
- 16. Exeter Flying Post - Marriages - Batsford & Home - 1838
- Exeter Flying Post, Thursday, 03 May 1838
- 17. Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Marriages - Home & Batsford - 1838
- Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday, 02 May 1838