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Maj.-General John HOME

John HOME

approx. 17881 - 12th Apr 18608,9,10,11,12

Colonel, HEI Company Service1

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.

Extract :-
"... to the King's discharge from the service of Capt. John Home an officer of the Household Company ??, who was employed by His Majesty as a sort of Aide de Campe in consequence of his having solicited leave to join ?? his regiment then under orders to take the field against ..."

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

Extract :-
"My dear Bob
... your letter of 30th ... ... from the time he was taken ill, he hardly spoke except in answer to questions ... He has indeed "died the death of the righteous ..."

24th Apr 1838

Married Susan BATSFORD in Bath, Weston.13,14,15,16,17

From the Gentleman's Magazine :-
"At Weston, Lt.-Col. John Home, E.I.S. to Susan, eldest dau. of Charles Batsford, esq."

From :-
The Times :-
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser :-
"At Weston Church, on Tuesday, 24th inst., by the Reverend R. Fortescue Purvis, Lieutenant Colonel John Home of the Honourable East India Company's service, to Susan, eldest daughter of Charles Batsford, Esq., of Weston, Somerset"

From the Exeter Flying Post :-
"April 24, at Weston, Lieut.-Colonel John Home, of the H.E.I.C.S., to Susan, eldest daughter of Charles Batsford, Esq., of Weston, near Bath"

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,
Susan Home - Wife - Married - 38 - born Surrey
Staff x 3

after 1860

Memorial or Grave Stone in Bath, Weston, All Saints.9

"Maj.-Gen. Indian Army"
Age - 72

12th Apr 1860

Died in Bath, Weston.8,9,10,11,12

From the Western Daily Press :-
"At his residence, Weston, Bath, on the 12th inst., Major-General John Home, H.M.'s Indian Army"

From the Times :-
"On the 12t last, at his residence, Weston, Bath, Major-General John Home, H.M.'s Indian Army"

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
Executor - Susanna Home, the widow the relic

Sources

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