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South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 3 [Holmes and Co]
| Description | Transcribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851. | | Date transcribed | 2012-08-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | South Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851. |
| | Surname | Swinhoe | | | Forename(s) | John | | | Year of Death | 1837 | | | Inscription | Sacred to the Memory of John Henry Swinhoe, Esq., late officiating solicitor to the H.E.I. Company at Calcutta, born on the 3rd February 1794, died on the 13th October 1837. He was a generous and an honest man, and has left many who well knew his worth to deplore his early death. This pillar is erected by his afflicted brother, T.B. Swinhoe. |
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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