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 Death Announcements 1731-1831
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Harris | | | First names | George | | | Rank/ occupation | Governor & General | | | Unit | Madras & Army | | | Death date | May 1829 | | | Place of death | Kent  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Jul 1829 | | | Page number | 80 | | | Detail | At Belmont, Kent, aged 82, the Right Hon. George Lord Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East indies, and of Belmont in Kent, a General in the Army, Colonel of the 73d foot, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, G.C.B� [Born 18 Mar 1746, son of the Rev. George Harris of Brasted, Kent, by Sarah Twentyman. Became a cadet in the Artillery in 1769, transferred to the infantry as an Ensign in 1762, in 1780 was appointed Governor & Commander in Chief of Madras. He married, 9 Dec 1779, Anne Carteret, coheiress of Charles Dixon of Bath, four sons & 6 daus, including the Hon. Michael Thomas, Collector & Magistrate at Canara, who in 1807 married Emma Mary Money, he died 1824, & the Hon. Musgrave Alured, of the Bombay Civil Service. Pages 80-82]. |
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