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Date transcribed | 2015-10-31 | Transcribed by | Peter Evans | Comment | National Library of Wales - Death notices in Welsh publications of people with India connection |
| Surname | Mackellar | | Given names | John Patrick Neil Donald | | Rank/ Profession | Major, Madras army | | Place | between Rangoon and Calcutta  | | Year | 1864 | | Month | October | | Day | 5 | | Entry | MACKELLAR.-Lost in the ""Persia."" between Rangoon and Calcutta, on the 5th of October last, Major John Patrick Neil Donald Mackellar, of the Madras army and of the Commissariat, Tonghoo, Burmah eldest son of the late Admiral John Mackellar, grandson of the late General Patrick Mackellar, R.E., and nephew of the late Colonel Niel Mackellar, of the Royals, C.B. Major Mackellar was all through the Burmese war, for which he obtained a medal. He was also a distinguished scholar and linguist. By all who knew him his premature death is deeply regretted. | | Publication | Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register | | Edition Year | 1864 | | Edition month | December | | Edition date | 24 | | Page No | 4 |
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Welsh Newspapers Online (1804-1919) (http://newspapers.library.wales/home). 700 english language entries transcribed from the Family Notices that have a reference to 'Madras'. Transcribed by Peter Evans with the cooperation of the National Library of Wales.
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