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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Grand | | First Name(s) | Catherine Noel Judde | | Year of Birth | 1762 | | Year of Death | 1835 | | Entry | Born at Tranquebar, Nov. 21, 1762 : daughter of a Dane, M. Peter John Worlee, Chevalier de Saint Louis, Capitaine du Port, of Chandernagore : married July 10, 1777, George Francois Grand, of the Indian Civil Service (formerly in the E.I. Co.'s military service), then Secretary to the Salt Committee and Head Assistant and Examiner in the Secretary's office. In Feb. 1779, Grand brought an action against (Sir) Philip Francis, then Member of the Supreme Council, for criminal conversation on Dec. 8, 1778, with the wife of the plaintiff, and after trial before Impey, C.J., and Chambers and Hyde, J J., obtained, on March 6, 1779, a judgment in his favour, and 50,000 sicca rupees as damages: and later a divorce from Mrs. Grand : she lived at Hughli under Francis' protection in 1779, and went to Europe in 1780-1. She resided partly in France, where she also obtained a divorce, and partly in England, and about 1797 came under the notice of Talleyrand, the liaison leading to their marriage on Sep. 10, 1802, which was forced on by the influence of Napoleon to allow the Foreign Ambassadresses to visit her. They lived at Neuilly, but were separated about 1815. After a sojourn in England, she returned to France, and lived at Auteuil : she died Dec. 10, 1835, and was buried at Mont Parnasse. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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