Major General Francis Eddowes HASTINGS C.B.
Francis Eddowes HASTINGS
Life History
18th Feb 1843 |
Born in India, Comillah.1,2,3,4,5 Father - Thomas Hastings, Asst-Surg |
10th Mar 1843 |
Baptised in India, Comillah.1,4,5 From the Parish Register :- |
10th Dec 1859 |
Commissioned in HMS Indian Army |
2nd Oct 1861 |
Military.6 Appointed Lieutenant |
22nd Jun 1869 |
Military.6 Appointed Captain |
11th Jun 1874 |
Married Isabella Barbara HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.26,2,27,28,29,30 From the Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald :- |
8th Apr 1875 |
Birth of son Un-named HASTINGS in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan.13 |
15th Jun 1876 |
Birth of son Un-named HASTINGS in Pakistan, Shekk Badin.14 |
11th Nov 1877 |
Birth of daughter Violet I HASTINGS in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan.9,15 |
between 1879 and 1880 |
Afghan War of 1878-1880. |
10th Dec 1879 |
Military.6 Appointed Major |
23rd Dec 1882 |
Birth of daughter Bertha Ellen HASTINGS in Pakistan, Lahore, Kohat.16,17 |
11th Mar 1884 |
Birth of son Percy Edward HASTINGS in Pakistan, Kohat.18,19,20 |
10th Dec 1885 |
Military.6 Appointed Lieut. Colonel |
20th Jan 1886 |
Birth of daughter Beatrice Margaret HASTINGS in Pakistan, Abbottabad.21,22 |
26th Jun 1888 |
Birth of daughter Florence Edith HASTINGS in India, Edwardesabad.23,24,25 |
26th May 1894 |
Order of the Bath - Military Companions (C.B.) |
26th May 1894 |
Military.7 Major General |
1895 |
Military.2 Retired |
31st Mar 1901 |
Occupation Retired Major General H M India Service.9 |
31st Mar 1901 |
Recorded in census in Bedford (Lansdowne Road, 29).9 Head of household |
2nd Apr 1911 |
Occupation Major.10 |
2nd Apr 1911 |
Recorded in census in Bromley (56 Tweedy Road).10 In lodgings with Isabella Barbara Hastings |
2nd May 1915 |
From the Times :- |
Other facts
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Who was Who.2 "Commissioned in HMS Indian Army, Bengal, 1850; served in Afghanistan 1870-80 (Brevet of Lieut-C, medal and two clasps, bronze star); in the Marri Expedition, 1880; in the Hazara Expedition, 1888 (medal and clasp); and with the Zhob Valley Expedition, 189 retired 1895" |
Notes
- For further information see :-
"HASTINGS, Maj.-Gen. Francis Eddowes"
Who was Who
A & C Black, 1920 - 2008
Online edn. Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
http://www.ukwhoswho.com
Accessed 03/03/2010
2
Sources
- 1. India Office Records, L/MIL/9/250 f.426 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 2. Who was Who - HASTINGS - Maj.-Gen. Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 3. Scotts Bengal Directory, 1844 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 4. IGI Individual Record - Christenings - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 5. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - Francis Eddowes Hastings - 1843
- 6. Harts Army List, 1888 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 7. Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 8. UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939 - Francis Eddowes Hastings - CB 1895
- 9. Census 1901 Bedford RG13/1489, F165, P34 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 10. Census 1911 Bromley RG14PN3631, RG78PN137, RD42, SD1, ED2, SN23 - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 11. BMD Death Index - HASTINGS - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- 1915, Q2, Francis E. Hastings, Warwick, 6d, 914
- 12. Times - Deaths - Francis Eddowes Hastings
- The Times, Friday, May 07, 1915; pg. 1; Issue 40848; col A
- 13. Times of India - 14 April 1875 - Births - Unnamed Hastings
- 14. Times of India - 26 June 1876 - Births - Unnamed Hastings
- 15. Times of India - 17 November 1877 - Births - Violet I Hastings
- 16. Times of India - 1 January 1883 - Births - Bertha E Hastings
- 17. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - Bertha Ellen Hastings - 1883
- 18. Times of India - 24 March 1884 - Births - Percy E Hastings
- 19. IGI Individual Record - Christenings - Percy Edward Hastings
- 20. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - Percy Edward Hastings - 1884
- 21. Times of India - 28 January 1886 - Births - Beatrice M Hastings
- 22. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - Beatrice Margaret Hastings - 1886
- 23. IGI Individual Record - Christenings - Florence Edith Hastings
- 24. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - Florence Edith Hastings - 1888
- 25. BMD Death Index - RUNDLE - Florence Edith Rundle - was Hastings
- 1971, Q3, Florence Edith Rundle, Watford, 4b, 746
- 26. BMD Marriage Index - Isabella Barbara Hastings
- 1874, Q2, Isabella Barbara Hastings, Mitford, 4b, 467
- 27. Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald - Marriages - Francis Eddowes Hastings, Isabella Barbara Hastings
- Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmonds, England), Tuesday, June 16, 1874; Issue 4799
- 28. Ipswich Journal - Marriages - Francis Eddowes Hastings, Isabella Barbara Hastings
- Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Tuesday, June 16, 1874; Issue 7226
- 29. Morning Post - Marriages - Francis Eddowes Hastings, Isabella Barbara Hastings
- Morning Post (London, England), Monday, June 15, 1874; pg. 11; Issue 31811
- 30. Norfolk Marriages - Hastings & Hastings - 1874