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Death Announcements 1832-1844
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 | Blackburne | | First names | William | | Rank/ occupation | Major General & Sir | | Unit | Madras Establishment | | Death date | 16 Oct 1839 | | Place of death | London | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Edition | Jan 1840 | | Page number | 92 | | Detail | [At his house in Portland Place, aged 75. Appointed a cadet in 1782, and arrived in Madras in June 1783. Learnt Mahratta. In 1793 visited England because of ill health. Resident at Tanjore, in 1801, served there for 22 years. His will has been proven in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the bulk of his £45,000 fortune goes to his widow, proven by his brother] |
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