Thomas HASTINGS Un-named HASTINGS Un-named HASTINGS Violet I HASTINGS Bertha Ellen HASTINGS Percy Edward HASTINGS Beatrice Margaret HASTINGS Florence Edith HASTINGS Isabella Barbara HASTINGS Agnes Grace HASTINGS Warren HASTINGS Edith Maud HASTINGS Ellen SPARROWE Mini tree diagram

Major General Francis Eddowes HASTINGS C.B.

Francis Eddowes HASTINGS

18th Feb 18431,2,3,4,5 - 2nd May 19151,11,2,12

Retired Major General H M India Service9

Life History

18th Feb 1843

Born in India, Comillah.1,2,3,4,5

Father - Thomas Hastings, Asst-Surg
Mother - Ellen

From Scotts Bengal Directory :-
"The lady of Thomas Hastings, Esq Bengal medical establishment, of a son, at Calcutta"

10th Mar 1843

Baptised in India, Comillah.1,4,5

From the Parish Register :-
"1843 March 10 Comillah / 1843 Feby 18 / Francis Eddowes / boy / Thomas & Ellen / Hasting , his wife / Comillah / Assist Surgeon H.C.S. / K W Shepherd Chaplain"

10th Dec 1859

Military.2,6

Commissioned in HMS Indian Army
Ensign

2nd Oct 1861

Military.6

Appointed Lieutenant
Bengal Infantry

22nd Jun 1869

Military.6

Appointed Captain
Bengal Infantry

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 :-
"On the 11th inst., at Longham, Capt. F. E. HASTINGS, Bengal Infantry, to ISABELLA BARBARA, eldest daughter of J. Hastings, Esq., Longham-hall"

From the Ipswich Journal and the Morning Post :-
"11th inst., at the parish Church, Longham, Norfolk, by the Rev. W. R. Eaton, vicar, Capt. F. E. Hastings, Bengal Infantry, to Isabella Barbara, eldest daughter of John Hastings, Esq., Longham Hall"

From the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - Francis Eddowes Hastings, 31 , bachelor, Captain (2nd Silk Infantry), East Dereham
Bride - Isabella Barbara Hastings, 22, spinster, Longham
Father of the groom - Thomas Hastings, gentleman
Father of the bride - John Hastings, farmer
Witnesses :-
John M? Batt
Charlotte Mary Hastings
Warren Hastings
T Hastings
Vicar - W R Eaton

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

Military in Afghanistan.2,6

Afghan War of 1878-1880.
At Ahmed Kheyl and Urzoo
On the march to Kandahar
At the battle of Kandahar

10th Dec 1879

Military.6

Appointed Major
Bengal Infantry

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

Awarded.7,8

Order of the Bath - Military Companions (C.B.)

From the India List Military and Civil - 1895
Order of the Bath
"Hastings, Col. Francis Eddowes, 26 May 94"

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
Staff x 2

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

Died in Warwick.1,11,2,12

From the Times :-
"On the 2nd May, suddenly, at Valetta, Leamington, MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCIS EDDOWES HASTINGS, C.B., retired Indian Army, aged 72."

Other facts

 

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

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