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Death Announcements 1832-1844
Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | Transcribed by | Steve Van Dulken | Comment | Death announcements from the "Gentleman's Magazine", a journal which is available on Google Books. Any deaths in India, or of deaths elsewhere where there was a mentioned link with India, are included. In a few lengthy obituaries the contents have been summarised by using square brackets. |
| Surname | Wilmot Horton | | First names | Robert John | | Rank/ occupation | Governor & Right Honourable & Sir & MP | | Unit | Ceylon | | Death date | 31 May 1841 | | Place of death | Petersham | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Edition | July 1841 | | Page number | 90 | | Detail | [Pages 90-91. Born in 1784, the eldest son of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bt., of Ormaston, Derbyshire by Juliana Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral the Hon. John Byron. Married in 1806 Anne Beatrix, coheir of Eusebius Horton, of Catton, Derbyshire, esq. On the death of his father in law in 1823 he assumed the additional name of Horton as directed by the will. Succeeded his father as a baronet, 1834. ""His government of Ceylon will be a lasting monument to his political worth and ability"".] |
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