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 Death Announcements 1731-1831

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Transcribed bySteve van Dulken

Surname  Martin    
First names  Claude    
Rank/ occupation  General    
Death date  1802    
Place of death  Lucknow    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Aug 1802    
Page number  785    
Detail  At Lucknow, Gen. Claude Martin, who rose to his high station in the army from being a common soldier, and fought in all the campaigns in the East Indies against Hyder Ally and Tippoo Sultan. By his will, bearing date Jan. 1, 1800, he has bequeathed the immense sum of 600,000 sicca rupees in various pensions and legacies. The bulk of his fortune is said to amount to £470,000; which, with few exceptions, is appropriated to charitable and laudable purposes; the most considerable ones in his native city, Lyons, in France.    
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