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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve Van Dulken | | Comment | Death announcements from the "Gentleman's Magazine", a journal which is available on Google Books. Any deaths in India, or of deaths elsewhere where there was a mentioned link with India, are included. In a few lengthy obituaries the contents have been summarised by using square brackets. |
| | Surname | Pearson | | | First names | Hugh | | | Rank/ occupation | Captain |  | Unit | Royal Navy | | | Death date | 19 Aug 1838 | | | Place of death | Vellore  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Edition | Feb 1839 | | | Page number | 223 | | | Detail | At Vellore, Capt. Hugh Brooks Pearson, R.N. of Myrecairny. He was wounded when serving as master's mate of the Barfleur 98 in an action with the Cadiz flotilla, Jul 3, 1797; obtained the rank of Lieut. 1799; and distinguished himself on several occasions, while serving as first of the Arethusa frigate, on the north coast of Spain, in 1809 and 1810. He was promoted to the command of the Curlew sloop in 1814. |
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