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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 | Ward | | First names | Robert | | Rank/ occupation | Midshipman & Magistrate | | Unit | Royal Navy | | Death date | 14 Feb 1843 | | Place of death | Norfolk | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Edition | Mar 1843 | | Page number | 333 | | Detail | At Salhouse Hall, Robert Ward, esq. aged 75, a magistrate of that county [Norfolk]. He was the only surviving son of the late Richard Ward, esq. Lieut.-Col. of the East Norfolk Militia, by Amelia, fourth dau. of Satamp Brooksbank, esq. M.P. of Hackney House, Middlesex. Mr Ward was one of the few remaining pupils of the celebrated Doctor Parr, when Master of the Norwich Grammar School; in early life he served as a Midshipman in the R.N. in the fleet commanded by Sir Edward Hughes, and was in six general actions in India, from 1780 to 1784, and in one of which he was seriously wounded. |
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