Robert Salusbury TREVOR John Salusbury TREVOR William Spottiswoode TREVOR Mary Mildred TREVOR Salusbury Thomas TREVOR Arthur Charles TREVOR Mini tree diagram

Mary SPOTTISWOODE

17th Mar 18101,2 - 11th Oct 18892,4,5,6

Officer's widow pension3

Life History

17th Mar 1810

Born in Scotland.1,2

Father - William Spottiswoode - Laird of Glenfernet, Perth.

22nd Jun 1829

Married Robert Salusbury TREVOR in India, Cawnpore.14

From the Asiatic Journal :-
"22. At Cawnpore, lieut. R. S. Trevor, 3rd regt. L.C., to Miss Mary Spottiswoode"

30th Aug 1830

Birth of son John Salusbury TREVOR in India, Cawnpore.7

9th Oct 1831

Birth of son William Spottiswoode TREVOR in India, Sultanpore.8

23rd Feb 1833

Birth of daughter Mary Mildred TREVOR in India, Bengal, Sultanpore Benares.9,10

18th Sep 1834

Birth of son Salusbury Thomas TREVOR in India, Bengal, Sultanpore Benares.11,12,13

approx. 1841

Birth of son Arthur Charles TREVOR in East Indies.3

23rd Dec 1841

Death of Robert Salusbury TREVOR in Kabul.2

7th Apr 1861

Occupation Officer's widow pension.3

7th Apr 1861

Recorded in census in Kensington.3

Mary Trevor - Head - Widow - 51 - Officer's widow pension - Scotland,
Arthur C Trevor - Son - 20 - Select candidate East I. C. Service - East Indies,
Edward Norman Baker - Grandson - 4 - East Indies,
Annie M Baker - Granddaughter - 2 - East Indies,
Staff x 2

2nd Apr 1871

Occupation Pension as officer's widow.1

2nd Apr 1871

Recorded in census in Kensington (Colville Terrace East, 11).1

Mary Trevor - Head - Widow - Pension as officer's widow - Scotland
Mary Mildred Baker - Daughter - Married - 38 - Income from (funded) property - India,
Annie M Baker - Granddaughter - 12 - India,
Edith M Baker - Granddaughter - 10 - Middlesex,
Mildred Marion Trevor - Granddaughter - 5 - India,
Staff x 3

11th Oct 1889

Died in Kensington (Colville -terrace, 29).2,4,5,6

From the Times :-
"On the 11th Oct., 1889, at 29, Colville-terrace, Notting-hill, Mary, widow of the late Captain Robert Salusbury Trevor, of the Bengal Cavalry, in her 80th year; one of the few survivors of the Afghan disaster of 1842."

5th Nov 1889

Probate in Principal Registry.6

of the will of Mary Trevor of 29 Colville-terrace, Bayswater, widow
Executors :-
John Salusbury Trevor, of Blandford House, 75 Ladbroke-road, Major General in Her Majesty's Army (retired), son
Salusbury Thomas Trevor, of 29 Colville-road, Bayswater, Colonel Royal Engineers (retired), son
Personal Estate - GBP 6,017 10s. 11d.

1891

Memorial in Eastham, St Mary's Church.2

"To the memory of
Captain Robert Salusbury Trevor
Formerly of the 3rd Bengal Cavalry
Fifth son of the
Rev. Thomas Trevor Trevor, L.L.D.
(Vicar of Eastham and Prebendary of Chester Cathedral)
Born at Eastham 30th December 1802, Killed at Kabul 23rd December 1841.
One of the victims of the treacherous massacre of the British envoy by Akbar Khan in Afghanistan.
Also to the memory of Mary, his widow.
Youngest daughter of William Spottiswoode (Laird of Glenfernet, Perth.)
Born 17th March 1810, died in London 11th October 1889.
She accompanied her husband to Kabul and with her eight children was among the few survivors of the
disastrous retreat of the British Army in 1842, who were held captive for ten months.

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me" 23:4 Psalms

Erected by their five sons and two surviving daughters 1891."

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