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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Thornhill | | | First names | Cudbert | | | Rank/ occupation | Master Attendant | | | Unit | Calcutta | | | Death date | 1810 | | | Place of death | Bengal  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | May 1810 | | | Page number | 493 | | | Detail | At Bengal, aged 85, Cudbert Thornhill, esq. late master-attendant of the port of Calcutta, and one of the oldest inhabitants of Bengal. He was resident in India some time before the taking of Calcutta by Surajaha Dowlah in 1756, and was present during the greater part of that unfortunate scene: with several other Europeans, he sought shelter in the English shipping then at Fulta; and this fortunately escaped the dreadful catastrophe of the Black Hole. Capt. Thornhill had traded to almost every port of India; and at Judda, a port in the Red Sea, he became acquainted with Mr. Bruce, the celebrated Abyssinian traveller, by whom he is honourably mentioned in his works. He was nominated master-attendant in 1785, and held that appointment till April 1809. |
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