The Descendants of Gilbert Giffard, circa 1070-1130.

669. William BEAUMONT of Sawbridgeworth [120629] (Rev. Thomas BEAUMONT⁶³¹, Sir Thomas BEAUMONT 1st Baron of Stoughton Grange⁵⁷⁶, Sir Henry BEAUMONT of Stoughton Grange⁵²², Sir Thomas BEAUMONT⁴⁵⁸, Nicholas BEAUMONT of Cole Orton⁴⁰⁴, Richard BEAUMONT of Cole Orton & Godeby³⁶⁹, William BEAUMONT³⁵⁰, Sir John BEAUMONT of Cole Orton & Godeby³¹⁴, John BEAUMONT of Cole Orton & Godeby²⁹⁷, Sir Thomas BEAUMONT Seigneur de Basqueville²⁷⁴, Sir John BEAUMONT 4th Baronet Beaumont, K.G. P.C.²³¹, Sir Henry BEAUMONT 3rd Baronet Beaumont¹⁹³, Lady Eleanor de LANCASTER Countess of Arundel & Warenne¹⁵⁰, Maud de CHAWORTH⁹⁵, Isabel II de BEAUCHAMP⁷², Maud FITZJOHN⁴⁸, Isabel BIGOD²¹, Maud Matilda MARSHALL Countess Of Norfolk¹², William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born about 1676 and was baptised on 29 Jan 1676.

William married Mary BULL [120630] on 18 Jun 1710 in St Mary the Virgin Lindsell Essex England.

673. Richard GRIFFITHS M.P. [81747] (Richard GRIFFITHS⁶³³, Edward GRIFFITHS⁵⁷⁷, Very Rev. Richard GRIFFITHS⁵²³, Thomas GRIFFITHS⁴⁵⁹, Capt. Edward GRIFFITHS⁴⁰⁹, Robert GRIFFITHS³⁷⁵, William GRIFFITHS³⁵², Sir William GRIFFITHS³¹⁹, Joan TROUTBECK³⁰⁰, Margaret STANLEY²⁷⁹, Joan GOUSHILL²³⁴, Elizabeth FITZALAN¹⁹⁵, Richard FITZALAN III, 4th Earl of Arundel¹⁵², Richard FITZALAN II, 3rd Earl of Arundel⁹⁶, Alice de WARENNE⁷³, William de WARENNE 6th Earl of Surrey⁵⁰, 6th Earl John de WARENNE of Surrey²⁸, Maud Matilda MARSHALL Countess Of Norfolk¹², William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in 1752 and died in 1820 at age 68.

Richard married Mary HUSSEY-BURGH [81748]. Mary was born in 1771 and died in 1820 at age 49.

+ 723 i. Anne GRIFFITHS [22667] was born in Sep 1795 in Dublin Co. Dublin Ireland and died in Mar 1865 in Kew Melbourne Colony of Victoria at age 69.

674. Mary HUSSEY-BURGH [81748] (Anne BURGH⁶³⁴, Anne DOWNES⁵⁷⁸, Catherine FITZGERALD⁵²⁴, Hon. Robert FITZGERALD⁴⁶⁰, George FITZGERALD 16th Earl of Kildare⁴¹⁰, Thomas FITZGERALD 15th Earl of Kildare³⁷⁶, Hon. Edward FITZGERALD³⁵³, Lady Elizabeth GREY³²¹, Cecily BONVILLE³⁰², Catherine NEVIL²⁸³, 5th Earl Richard NEVILLE of Salisbury²⁴⁹, 1st Earl Ralph NEVILLE of Westmorland²⁰⁰, Maud PERCY¹⁶², Lord Henry de PERCY 2nd Baron of Alnwick⁹⁷, Lord Henry de PERCY 1st Baron of Alnwick⁷⁵, Eleanor de WARENNE⁵¹, 6th Earl John de WARENNE of Surrey²⁸, Maud Matilda MARSHALL Countess Of Norfolk¹², William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in 1771 and died in 1820 at age 49.

Mary married Richard GRIFFITHS M.P. [81747]. Richard was born in 1752 and died in 1820 at age 68.

681. John FORSTER [94474] (Rev. John FORSTER MA DD [Cambs]⁶⁴⁵, John FORSTER⁶⁰⁴, Rev. William FORSTER MA BD [Cambs]⁵⁴⁸, William FORSTER⁴⁸⁵, Ralph FORSTER⁴¹⁷, Thomas FORSTER 11th Gov. of Bamborough³⁷⁸, Dorothy OGLE³⁵⁵, Lord Ralph OGLE 3rd Baron Ogle³²⁵, Lord Owen OGLE 2nd Baron Ogle³⁰⁵, Lord Robert OGLE 1st Baron Ogle²⁸⁹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born about 1752 in Elton Huntingdonshire England, was baptised on 17 Aug 1752 in Elton Huntingdonshire England, died on 1 Dec 1834 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England aged about 82, and was buried on 9 Dec 1834 in St Bartholomew's Sydenham Kent England.

General Notes: In a Document received from Marigold [Roberts] Potter, in February 2015, she included the following:-
Gentleman's Magazine Vol 54, Part 2, P 715, 16/9/1784 (Marriages)
to American Commissioners 'to inquire into the claims of American Loyalists, 1783-1785, based upon their losses and services in consequence of their attachment to the British Government'. Ref: Guide to the Materials for American History to 1783, page 70, by Charles McLean Andrews, 1914

6/2/1787; 6/3/1787; 17/4/1787; 4/5/1787
to Parliament, a Statement of the Report made by the Commissioners enquiring into the Services of the American Loyalists Ref: Journals of the House of Commons 1787

1783 Chambers: 7 King's Bench Walks, Inner Temple 1790 Lincoln's Inn Fields

See: Gentleman's Magazine Vol 56, Part 2, p 991, 1788
Friday 10. About two o'clock in the afternoon, the Countess of Strathmore was taken from the house of Mr. Forster in Oxford-street, under the pretence of a warrant to take her before Lord Mansfield; but in fact to carry her off by a company of ruffians. She was forcibly thrust into her own carriage, her own coachman taken from the box, and a stranger put in his place, who drove off at a most furious rate, and did not stop till he arrived at Barnet, where the carriage was met by a company of armed men, to the number of eight: that in passing through one of the turnpikes, the lady was seen to struggle much, apparently gagged, and in great distress: but farther intelligence could then be ascertained. It appears since that she has gained her liberty; but, as her story is an interesting event in a free country, we shall forebear enlarging upon it till we can tell it on better grounds than common report. An Habeas Corpus was however immediately obtained; and as soon as confident with the forms of law, an attachment against Andrew Robinson Bowes, the husband of the lady, which it will probably prove a dangerous attempt to execute.

ALSO, included in the Document received from Marigold were the following:-
Post Office Directory 1874
is a considerable hamlet of Lewisham, on the road to Bromley. Here is a chapel of ease, built and endowed by the late John Forster esq; of The Hall Southend. West Kent 1802
AND,
Lewisham Manor: Purchased land from Mr Richard Brookes heirs, originally it had belonged to Abraham Edmonds, a member of the Edmonds family of Sydenham in 1609. In 1847 the manor was owned by the Earl of Dartmouth, Earl St German, John Cator esq; Thomas Baring, Samuel Forster esq; Christ's Hospital, the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, the Mercer's Company, the Bridgehouse Company, Morden College.

• Occupation: Secretary to the Commissioners of American Claims in Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, 1784, London England.

John married Elizabeth DRAKE [39099] on 16 Sep 1784 in St Mary's Marylebone London England. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1764 in Kent England, was baptised on 11 Sep 1764 in All Saints' Stanford Kent England, died on 25 Jan 1837 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England at age 72, and was buried on 1 Feb 1837 in St Mary's Sydenham Kent England. Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth DRAKE BROCKMAN.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Marigold [Roberts] Potter in June 2011, she included the following:
There is a memorial [to Elizabeth Drake Brockman in St John the Baptist Church Southend [Lewisham] Kent.

724 i. John FORSTER [91881] was born about 1785 and died on 18 Aug 1831 at Sea aged about 46.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Marigold [Roberts] Potter in September 2010, she includes the following Lines:
Educ: Rugby Schol. See: Rugby Register 1799 August 14^{th p 89} 14 years in August 1799.
In a Subsequent Document received from Marigold Potter, she included the following:-
According to the Rugby School Register, John drowned in the sinking of the Rothsay castle, however, I cannot find him on the passenger list. The passenger list contains the names of: Mr. William Martin Forster his wife Jane and footman
Rothsay Castle: John's spaniel was washed ashore ' In the course of the morning, the fragment of the wreck upon which Mr. Forster's spaniel had contrived to place himself, was washed upon the beach; and the poor animal, which had received no other injury than such a long exposure to cold would necessarily involve, was carried to Mr. Vincent, who took charge of it until he could ascertain to whom it belonged, and whether the individual, who owned it was one of the survivors…' Ref: A Circumstantial Narrative of The Wreck of the Rothsay Castle; Joseph Adshead 1834 London.

725 ii. Capt. Thomas FORSTER RN [47160] was born in 1786, was baptised on 6 Sep 1787 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England, and died on 14 Dec 1827 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England at age 41.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Marigold Potter in September 2010, she includes the following Lines:
Educ. Rugby School. See: Rugby Register 1800, January 18^th, p 89
12 in August 1800
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726 iii. Samuel FORSTER [47161] was born on 31 Jul 1788 in Lewisham Kent England, was baptised on 27 Aug 1788 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England, died on 18 May 1874 in Lewisham Kent England at age 85, and was buried on 23 May 1784 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Marigold Potter in September 2010, she includes the following Lines:
Educ. Rugby School See: The Rugby Register, 1801, January 24th, p 90, Age 12 years July 1801.

1824 Samuel built the Chapel of Ease so that the family and villagers would not have to travel to St Mary's Church in Lewisham - the chapel is now the hall of St John the Baptist Church.
The family donated the land for the church and also contributed towards its upkeep.

Memorial in St John Baptist Church, Southend, Sydenham,
To the memory of Samuel Forster
of this place 3rd son of John Forster and Elizabeth, his wife
Born 31st July 1788
Died 18th May 1874

+ 727 iv. Capt. Henry FORSTER [47162] was born on 21 Oct 1789 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England, was baptised on 20 Nov 1789 in Bromley Kent England, died on 24 Oct 1855 in Aix-la-Chapelle Allemagne France at age 66, and was buried on 3 Nov 1855 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Marigold Potter in September 2010, she includes the following Lines:
Educ. Rugby School See Rugby Register 1800 28^th July, p 90 14 years 22/7/1804.

729 vi. Caroline FORSTER [47169] was born Btw. 1792 and 1794 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England.

730 vii. Francis Ralph FORSTER [94476] was born about 1795 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England and was baptised on 14 Nov 1795 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England.

731 viii. Edward FORSTER [47163] was born in 1797 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England, was baptised on 12 May 1797 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England, died on 8 Jan 1837 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England at age 40, and was buried on 14 Jan 1837 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England.

Edward married Emily FITZGIBBON [47172] on 27 Aug 1835 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England. Emily was born about 1817 in Limerick Co. Limerick Ireland and died on 9 Sep 1836 in Southend-on-Sea Essex England aged about 19.

Marriage Notes: In a Document received from Marigold [Roberts] Potter in June 2015, she included the following Comment:
The marriage was by licence and with the consent of her father Thomas Gibbon Fitzgibbon

732 ix. George FORSTER [47164] was born in 1799 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England and died on 28 Oct 1821 in Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia at age 22.

733 x. Claudius FORSTER [47165] was born in 1801 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England.

734 xi. Elizabeth FORSTER [47168] died on 25 Aug 1824 in Southend Hall Lewisham Kent England.

Arabella married Andrew HAMILTON [47175] on 20 Nov 1834 in Lewisham Kent England.

+ 737 xiv. Rev. Richard Stewart Evelyn FORSTER [47166] was born about 1804 in Lewisham Kent England, was baptised on 17 Sep 1804 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England, and died on 3 May 1865 in Brighton Sussex England aged about 61.

+ 738 xv. Rev. Charles Manners FORSTER [47167] was born on 26 Apr 1806, was baptised on 9 Jun 1806 in St Mary's Lewisham Kent England, and died 2Qtr 1857 in Uxbridge Middlesex England at age 50.

683. Susannah FORSTER [94438] (James FORSTER⁶⁴⁶, John FORSTER⁶⁰⁴, Rev. William FORSTER MA BD [Cambs]⁵⁴⁸, William FORSTER⁴⁸⁵, Ralph FORSTER⁴¹⁷, Thomas FORSTER 11th Gov. of Bamborough³⁷⁸, Dorothy OGLE³⁵⁵, Lord Ralph OGLE 3rd Baron Ogle³²⁵, Lord Owen OGLE 2nd Baron Ogle³⁰⁵, Lord Robert OGLE 1st Baron Ogle²⁸⁹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹).

685. Elizabeth FORSTER [94459] (James FORSTER⁶⁴⁶, John FORSTER⁶⁰⁴, Rev. William FORSTER MA BD [Cambs]⁵⁴⁸, William FORSTER⁴⁸⁵, Ralph FORSTER⁴¹⁷, Thomas FORSTER 11th Gov. of Bamborough³⁷⁸, Dorothy OGLE³⁵⁵, Lord Ralph OGLE 3rd Baron Ogle³²⁵, Lord Owen OGLE 2nd Baron Ogle³⁰⁵, Lord Robert OGLE 1st Baron Ogle²⁸⁹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in 1763 and died in 1827 at age 64.

Elizabeth married Henry D'Arcy BOULTON [94460] on 18 Dec 1782 in Bloomsbury London England.

741 i. Henry John BOULTON [94464] was born on 22 Jun 1790 in Kensington Middlesex England and died on 19 Jun 1879 in Toronto York Co. Ontario Canada at age 88.

742 ii. Charles BOULTON [94461] was born in 1799 and died in 1809 at age 10.

743 iii. D'Arcy BOULTON [94462] was born on 3 Jun 1785 in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire England and died on 20 Apr 1846 in Toronto York Co. Ontario Canada at age 60.

744 iv. Elizabeth BOULTON [94463] was born on 27 Aug 1788 and died in 1789 at age 1.

745 v. George Strange BOULTON [94465] was born on 11 Sep 1797 in Green Bush Rensselaer Co. New York USA and died on 13 Feb 1869 in Cobourg Ontario Canada at age 71.

746 vi. James BOULTON [94466] was born on 27 Jul 1801 in Elizabeth Town Niagara Canada and died on 16 Feb 1830 in Perth Ontario Canada at age 28.

747 vii. Elizabeth Harriet BOULTON [94467] was born on 19 Oct 1803 in Ontario Canada and died in 1807 in Ontario Canada at age 4.

748 viii. William BOULTON [94468] was born on 1 Dec 1805 in Kingston Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada and died on 31 May 1834 in Toronto York Co. Ontario Canada at age 28.

686. Sir Thomas Ignatius FORSTER [120041] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER⁶⁵⁰, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder⁶¹⁴, Sir Thomas FORSTER of Walthamstow⁵⁶², Matthew FORSTER⁵⁰³, Sir John FORSTER⁴³⁹, Sir Thomas FORSTER Kt.³⁸⁸, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in 1789 in London Middlesex England and died in 1860 in Ixelles Bruxelles Belgium at age 71.

General Notes: In a Document received from Patrick de Meulemeester in March 2021, he stated as follows:
They settled in Brussels in 1833 and after travelling across Europe they settled in Bruges in 1836 and then returned to Brussels in 1837.
Patrick also included the following, that was translated by Microsoft Word from an original French Document:
After completing his law studies, he enrolled in medicine and became Bachelor of Medicine (University of Cambridge) in 1819.See John Burke's text below.
A naturalist, he was also passionate about astronomy, mechanics and aerostatics.
He was a member of the famous Linnean Society and the Royal Astronomical Society.
In 1811 he discovered a comet and also participated in the project of a perpetual calendar (1824)
In 1820 he published the letters exchanged with the philosopher John Locke, author of the famous 'Letters on Tolerance' and he was in possession of the original of John Locke's famous manuscript 'Essay concerning human understanding'.
These documents belonged to Benjamin Furly, his great-great-uncle and friend of John Locke.
He appeared 'Researches about Atmospheric Phenomena in 1812, 'Liber rerum naturalium' in 1805, Perpetual Calendar in 1824, Collection of my life in 1835, Observations on the influence of the Comets in 1836, Sati in 1843, Epistolarium Forsnumteria and Annals of a Physicist Traveller in 1848.
He is also the author of the collection ' Philosophia Musarum ' which contains notes and poems. See what John Burke, the well-known historian wrote about Thomas Ignatius Forster. 'This gentleman who was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Bachelor of Medecine, is an able and learned writer and has published twenty-four works on science and literature.
He and his brother Edward, have returned to the Catholic church, to which their ancestors had belonged until the rebellion of 1715.
FURTHER to the above, Patrick also included in his Family History, the following, attributed to Sir Thomas:
Thomas Ignatius Forster wrote about his mother:
My mother, born Suzanne WILLIAMS, is from a former Welsh family. His mother was the sister of botanist M.T.H. Hackney Sikes in Middlesex.
[The Quote continues, speaking about Sir Thomas]
He is a great botanist and plant designer and much of his collection ended up in Oorbeek.
He was a first member of the LINNEAN Society as well as many other scientific and philanthropic societies.
Together with his brother Benjamin Meggot Forster, he joined the Anti-Slavery Society in 1823. He had as friends renowned botanists such as Sir James Edward Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, Jonas Dryander, James Dickson, Robert Brown and Adam Afzelius.
He was also the author of 'The Pocket Encyclopedia of Natural Phenomena' published by Thomas Forster, his son.

690. Marian FORSTER [110779] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER⁶⁵⁰, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder⁶¹⁴, Sir Thomas FORSTER of Walthamstow⁵⁶², Matthew FORSTER⁵⁰³, Sir John FORSTER⁴³⁹, Sir Thomas FORSTER Kt.³⁸⁸, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹).

+ 750 i. Rev. Hugh Redmond MORRES [110777] was born in Feb 1839 in Wokingham Berkshire England and died on 18 Sep 1882 in Bradfield Berkshire England at age 43.

692. Prideaux Selby RICKARDS [47641] (Mary SELBY⁶⁵⁸, Prideaux SELBY⁶²², Mary SELBY⁵⁷¹, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD⁵¹⁶, Elizabeth FORSTER⁴⁵¹, John FORSTER of Cornhill³⁹⁵, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born on 13 Feb 1801 in Colchester Essex England and died on 13 Oct 1867 in Brighton Sussex England at age 66.

Prideaux married Mary Anne OWEN [47642] on 17 Jun 1830 in St Nicholas' Brighton Sussex England. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1810 in London England and died on 19 Sep 1896 in Colchester Essex England at age 86.

+ 751 i. Anne Elizabeth RICKARDS [47988] was born in 1831 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1909 in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England at age 78.

+ 752 ii. Prideaux Owen RICKARDS [23637] was born on 27 Feb 1833 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 12 Sep 1888 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria at age 55.

753 iii. Mary Amelia RICKARDS [47989] was born on 31 May 1834 in Brighton Sussex England and died in Aug 1916 in Camberwell Surrey England at age 82.

Mary married Samuel GOLDSCHMIDT [121392] in Jul 1881 in Lambeth Surrey England. Samuel was born about 1828 in Hamburg Hamburg Germany and died on 27 Jul 1903 in Kent England aged about 75.

+ 754 iv. Louisa RICKARDS [47990] was born on 4 Jan 1836 in Hove Sussex England and died on 21 May 1906 in Armidale NSW Australia at age 70.

755 v. George Davie RICKARDS [47991] was born on 8 Dec 1837 in Hove Sussex England and died on 31 Jul 1862 in Shanghai Shanghai China at age 24.

+ 756 vi. Catherine RICKARDS [47986] was born in 1839 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1889 in Beirut Lebanon at age 50.

+ 757 vii. Henry John Francis RICKARDS [47643] was born on 4 Jul 1840 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 19 Jul 1923 in Carlton Melbourne VIC Australia at age 83.

758 viii. Frances Ellen RICKARDS [47992] was born in 1843 in Brighton Sussex England and died in 1844 in Brighton Sussex England at age 1. (Infant Death)

759 ix. Hannah Selby RICKARDS [47993] was born about 1846 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 19 Jan 1921 in Hove Sussex England aged about 75.

+ 760 x. Frederick Rosher Amelius RICKARDS [47997] was born on 7 Jan 1847 in Hove Sussex England and died on 10 Mar 1929 in South Melbourne VIC Australia at age 82.

+ 761 xi. Charles Dudley RICKARDS [47644] was born on 14 Mar 1849 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 22 Nov 1916 in Calgary Alberta Canada at age 67.

+ 762 xii. Eliza RICKARDS [23645] was born on 9 Dec 1850 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1929 in Hove Sussex England at age 79.

763 xiii. Constance Edith Young RICKARDS [48002] was born on 6 Sep 1852 in Hove Sussex England and died on 24 Dec 1927 in Steyning Sussex England at age 75.

+ 764 xiv. James RICKARDS [47645] was born on 8 May 1854 in Hove Sussex England and died on 10 Feb 1930 in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England at age 75.

700. Gen'l. Henry Selby RICKARDS in the Egyptian Service [47984] (Mary SELBY⁶⁵⁸, Prideaux SELBY⁶²², Mary SELBY⁵⁷¹, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD⁵¹⁶, Elizabeth FORSTER⁴⁵¹, John FORSTER of Cornhill³⁹⁵, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born on 29 Dec 1814 and died on 14 Jan 1886 in Beirut Lebanon at age 71. Another name for Henry was Abdallah [Pasha] EL INGLIZI.

General Notes: In an e-Mail, dated January 19, 2013, Patrick Grigsby included the following:
Earlier in his army life, Henry Selby Rickards had come to Egypt where he settled in early 1840's, converting to Islam, he went on the Hajj so that he could marry "Hanim" Fatoom. On his conversion, he changed his name to Abdallah (servant of Allah) and was later elevated by the then khedive, Abbas Pasha, and came to be known as Abdallah Pasha il Ingilizi. His Egyptian wife was the daughter of a [religious] Sheik, possibly attached to Cairo's famous Al-Azhar mosque/university. The Family were believed to be direct descendants of the prophet Mohammad; but this is in some doubt. They had seven children, the eldest Amin was known to my mother as 'uncle Amin'. I have the Works of William Shakespear, a tome that is insribed, "To dear Doshia from her uncle - Amin Abdallah - 17/9/18". During the first World War, my grand mother Mariam with my mother and her two sisters were evacuated from Turkey to Egypt whilst my grandfather was with the British/Anzac forces at Gallipoli my Uncle William on the Somme in France. In spite of Turkey being on the German side, when the Rickards family returned to Mersin the Turkish authorities handed back, intact with contents, the many properties that my grand father owned in Mersin.
AND, in an e-Mail from Noha Sadek, received on February the 12th, 2013, she substantiated much of what Patrick has said; but added:
Henry Rickards held several positions in the Egyptian administration, including that of the first director of the Egyptian railways in 1853, but he was dismissed the following year when Khedive Said came to power. HSR left Egypt in 1869 for England until a final move to Lebanon in 1876.
In an e-Mail from James Wilkinson in May 2013, he included the following Quote from Nick Rickards:
As a teenager, Henry went to Portugal to join a "private army" of the Queen of Portugal \endash probably all mercenaries - and he stayed there until he was in his early 20's At some point, he arrived in Egypt as a translator for the British Colonial service and made a career in Cairo and Alexandria. For a year, he was the Director General of the Egyptian state railways, working with George Stephenson to build the Cairo to Alexandria railroad. His portrait is hung in the municipal museum in Cairo. After that year, he was replaced by an Egyptian but became a "General in the Egyptian Service" and was called Abdallah Pasha El Ingles.

770 vi. Amelia RICKARDS [49167] was born in 1860 in Cairo Cairo Governate Egypt and died in 1916 at age 56.

+ 771 vii. Sarah RICKARDS [49156] was born about 1862 in Cairo Cairo Governate Egypt and died in 1895 in Alexandria Alexandria Governate Egypt aged about 33.

Henry next married Catherine RICKARDS [47986] on 10 Nov 1869. Catherine was born in 1839 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1889 in Beirut Lebanon at age 50.

Marriage Notes: In a Document received from Sue [Drummond] Harrison in June 2021, she stated as follows:
This date has no reliable source, no marriage record found - possibly married in Lebanon. She was his niece, daughter of his brother Prideaux Selby Rickards, he was her uncle.

+ 772 i. Henry Rogers RICKARDS [49168] was born on 14 Nov 1870 in Sydenham Kent England and died in 1939 in Mersin Mersin Province Turkey at age 69.

773 ii. Ernest Cyril RICKARDS [49169] was born in Apr 1872 in Sydenham Kent England.

774 iii. Edith Elfrida RICKARDS [49170] was born in 1874 in Sydenham Kent England.

775 iv. Frances Antonia RICKARDS [49171] was born in 1876 in Beirut Lebanon.

703. Prideaux SELBY J.P. [120486] (Prideaux SELBY of Maidenhead⁶⁵⁹, Prideaux SELBY⁶²², Mary SELBY⁵⁷¹, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD⁵¹⁶, Elizabeth FORSTER⁴⁵¹, John FORSTER of Cornhill³⁹⁵, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born on 3 Sep 1810 and died in 1872 at age 62.

704. Henry Collingwood SELBY [120479] (Prideaux SELBY of Maidenhead⁶⁵⁹, Prideaux SELBY⁶²², Mary SELBY⁵⁷¹, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD⁵¹⁶, Elizabeth FORSTER⁴⁵¹, John FORSTER of Cornhill³⁹⁵, Catherine GREY³⁶⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick³²⁷, Isabel GREY³⁰⁹, Dorothy OGLE²⁹¹, Maud GREY²⁶², Lady Joan de MOWBRAY²¹², Lord John de MOWBRAY 4th Baron de Axilholm¹⁷¹, Lord John de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron Mowbray of Axholme & Bramber¹⁰⁵, 2nd Baron John de MOWBRAY Mowbray⁸², Rohese Agnes de CLARE⁵⁵, Sir, 6th Earl Richard de CLARE of Gloucester³¹, Countess Isabel MARSHALL of Cornwall¹⁴, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in 1812 and died on 12 Jan 1858 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 46.

Henry married Elizabeth Petronella HURLING [120502]. Elizabeth was born on 10 Jun 1810 in Capetown Cape Province South Africa and died on 12 May 1902 at age 91.

780 i. Mary Gertrude SELBY [120504] was born on 27 Jun 1840 and died on 13 Nov 1930 at age 90.

782 iii. Prideaux SELBY [120503] was born in 1844 and died on 18 Apr 1878 in Colombo Ceylon at age 34.

783 iv. Anne Catherine SELBY [120505] was born on 7 Sep 1845 and died on 2 Oct 1927 at age 82.

785 vi. Catherine Maria SELBY [120507] was born on 19 Feb 1852 and died on 16 Aug 1922 at age 70.

707. Gilbert ORD Esq. [121633] (John ORD⁶⁶², Bertram ORD of Holy Island⁶²⁸, John ORD of Fenwick⁵⁷³, Oliver ORD of Fenwick⁵²⁰, MUSCHAMP⁴⁵², Margaret GREY⁴⁰⁰, Isabel DARCY³⁶⁶, Lord William DARCY³³⁸, Richard DARCY³¹⁰, Joan GREYSTOKE²⁹², 4th Lord John GREYSTOKE Greystoke²⁶⁸, 3rd Lord Ralph GREYSTOKE Greystoke²²⁰, 2nd Lord William de GREYSTOKE Greystoke¹⁸⁵, Alice de AUDLEY¹¹⁴, Isolde de MORTIMER⁸⁹, 2nd Baron Edmund de MORTIMER of Wigmore⁵⁸, Baroness Maud Matilda de BRAOSE Mortimer⁴¹, Eva MARSHALL¹⁶, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born in Apr 1650 in Holy Island Northumberland England and died in Holy Island Northumberland England.

Gilbert married Margery ALLAN [121634] on 20 Jul 1681 in St John the Evangelist Holy Island Northumberland England. Margery died in Oct 1722.

789 iv. Eleanor ORD [121641] was born about 1691 and died in Dec 1691. (Infant Death)

790 v. Gilbert ORD [121640] was born about 1691 and died before 1700. (Died young)

717. Rev. Stephen Long JACOB ITIA [120856] (Edward JACOB FSA⁶⁶⁶, Jane VIALL⁶²⁹, Jane FOGGE⁵⁷⁵, Richard FOGGE⁵²¹, Thomas FOGGE⁴⁵⁵, Anne SACKVILLE⁴⁰³, Christopher SACKVILLE M.P.³⁶⁸, Lady Margaret BULLEN Sackville³⁴⁵, Lady Margaret BUTLER Boleyn³¹¹, Earl [7th] Thomas BUTLER of Ormond²⁹⁶, Earl [4th] James BUTLER of Ormond²⁷¹, Earl [3rd] James BUTLER of Ormonde²²⁵, Earl [2nd] James BUTLER of Ormonde¹⁹⁰, Countess Eleanor de BOHUN of Ormonde¹³⁶, Earl [4th] Humphrey VII de BOHUN of Hereford⁹⁴, 3rd Earl Humphrey VI de BOHUN of Hereford⁶², Eleanor de BRAOSE⁴², Eva MARSHALL¹⁶, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born on 7 Jul 1764, was baptised on 1 Aug 1764 in Faversham Kent England, and died on 11 Feb 1851 in Woolavington Somerset England at age 86.

Stephen married Eliza Susanna BOND [120857] on 23 Dec 1797 in St Mary's Ashford Kent England. Eliza was born on 6 Sep 1775, died on 20 Aug 1832 at age 56, and was buried in Bramsgrove Worcestershire England.

798 i. Edward Thomas JACOB [120963] was born on 29 Jan 1800 in Buckland Kent England, was baptised on 5 Mar 1800 in St Nicholas' Buckland Kent England, died on 11 Feb 1824 at age 24, and was buried in Woolavington Somerset England.

799 ii. Mary JACOB [120970] was born on 15 Feb 1802 in Dover Kent England, was baptised on 23 Mar 1802 in St Mary the Virgin Dover Kent England, and died in Feb 1878 at age 76.

800 iii. Phillip Wittington JACOB [120964] was born on 11 Jan 1804 in Faversham Kent England and was baptised on 10 Feb 1804 in St Mary of Charity Faversham Kent England.

Phillip married Sarah McLEAN [120965] on 11 Jan 1838 in Rochester Kent England.

+ 801 iv. Maj.Gen'l Herbert JACOB [120853] was born about 1806, was baptised on 30 May 1806 in Faversham Kent England, and died in 1890 aged about 84.

+ 802 v. Rev. George Andrew JACOB M.A. [120967] was born on 16 Dec 1807, was baptised on 10 Jan 1808 in Bournemouth Dorset England, and died in May 1896 at age 88.

803 vi. Sophia JACOB [120971] was born on 2 Mar 1810 in Woolavington Somerset England, was baptised on 1 Apr 1810 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England, and died in Jun 1873 at age 63.

804 vii. John JACOB C.B. [120969] was born about 1812 in Woolavington Somerset England, was baptised on 16 Feb 1812 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England, and died in Dec 1858 in Jacobabad Sinde India aged about 46.

+ 805 viii. William Stephen JACOB [120972] was born on 26 Dec 1813 in Woolavington Somerset England, was baptised on 26 Dec 1813 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England, and died in Aug 1862 at age 48.

806 ix. Charles James JACOB [120975] was born on 2 Aug 1815 in Woolavington Somerset England, was baptised on 3 Sep 1815 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England, died on 1 Jul 1825 in Woolavington Somerset England at age 9, and was buried in Jul 1825 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England. (Died young)

807 x. Henry Long JACOB [120976] was born on 21 Nov 1817 in Woolavington Somerset England, was baptised on 30 Nov 1817 in St Mary's Woolavington Somerset England, and died in Jan 1892 at age 74.

718. John JACOB [120864] (Edward JACOB FSA⁶⁶⁶, Jane VIALL⁶²⁹, Jane FOGGE⁵⁷⁵, Richard FOGGE⁵²¹, Thomas FOGGE⁴⁵⁵, Anne SACKVILLE⁴⁰³, Christopher SACKVILLE M.P.³⁶⁸, Lady Margaret BULLEN Sackville³⁴⁵, Lady Margaret BUTLER Boleyn³¹¹, Earl [7th] Thomas BUTLER of Ormond²⁹⁶, Earl [4th] James BUTLER of Ormond²⁷¹, Earl [3rd] James BUTLER of Ormonde²²⁵, Earl [2nd] James BUTLER of Ormonde¹⁹⁰, Countess Eleanor de BOHUN of Ormonde¹³⁶, Earl [4th] Humphrey VII de BOHUN of Hereford⁹⁴, 3rd Earl Humphrey VI de BOHUN of Hereford⁶², Eleanor de BRAOSE⁴², Eva MARSHALL¹⁶, William of Pembroke (1st Earl)⁶, John I of Rockley [le Mareschal]², Gilbert FitzRobert le Mareschal¹) was born on 27 Dec 1765 in Faversham Kent England, was baptised on 22 Jan 1766 in St Mary of Charity Faversham Kent England, died on 21 Feb 1843 in Guernsey Channel Islands at age 77, and was buried in St Peters' Port Guernsey Channel Islands.

John married Anna Maria le GRAND [120865] on 4 Jun 1789 in St Margaret's Canterbury Kent England. Anna was born on 17 Feb 1768 in Canterbury Kent England, died on 31 Jan 1852 at age 83, and was buried in Faversham Kent England.

808 i. Mary Ann JACOB [120946] was born on 16 Apr 1790 in Nackington Kent England and was baptised on 17 May 1790 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

Mary married Rev. Henry BOYCE [120947] on 3 Mar 1809 in St Michael and All Angels' Somerton Somerset England.

809 ii. Caroline JACOB [120948] was born on 15 Jun 1791 in Nackington Kent England and was baptised on 19 Jul 1791 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

810 iii. Jane JACOB [120949] was born on 8 Jun 1793 in Nackington Kent England and was baptised on 9 Jul 1793 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

811 iv. Elizabeth JACOB [120950] was born on 5 Sep 1794 in Nackington Kent England and was baptised on 7 Oct 1794 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

812 v. Edward JACOB [120939] was born on 14 Feb 1796 in Nackington Kent England and was baptised on 25 Feb 1796 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

Edward married Sarah le GRAND [120940] on 26 Aug 1826 in St John's Hatch Beauchamp Somerset England.

813 vi. John JACOB [120941] was born on 3 Mar 1798 in Nackington Kent England, was baptised on 11 Apr 1798 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England, died in Jun 1799 in Nackington Kent England at age 1, and was buried in Jun 1799 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England.

814 vii. John JACOB [120942] was born on 28 Mar 1799 in Nackington Kent England, was baptised on 7 May 1799 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England, and died on 24 Nov 1811 at Sea at age 12.

General Notes: John served as a Seaman aboard HMS Hero. Wikipedia says of "Hero"
HMS Hero was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 August 1803 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

She took part in Admiral Robert Calder's action at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805.[2] Later in the same year Hero was a part of the squadron commanded by Captain Sir Richard Strachan that won the Battle of Cape Ortegal.[3]

On 25 December 1811 Hero, under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel during a gale, with the loss of all but 12 of her crew [including John Jacob]

+ 815 viii. Lieut. Col. William JACOB [120943] was born on 21 Sep 1800 in Nackington Kent England, was baptised on 21 Oct 1800 in St Mary's Nackington Kent England, and died on 6 Jun 1854 at age 53.

816 ix. Archdeacon Phillip JACOB M.A. [120944] was born on 28 Oct 1803, was baptised on 14 Dec 1803, and died on 20 Dec 1884 in Winchester Hampshire England at age 81.

General Notes: The WebSite "myjacobfamily.com" states, amongst other Things, that,
A son of John Jacob of Guernsey, he was born on 28th October 1803, died on 20th December 1884 at the Close, Winchester. He was admitted to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, matriculating on 16th October 1821, aged 17; exhibitioner 1821-1825; BA 1825; MA 1828. He was canon residentiary of Winchester in 1834, Archdeacon in 1860 and rector of Crawley, Wiltshire, from 1831 until his death. He was appointed Archdeacon on 25th April 1860.

Phillip married Anna Sophia NOEL [120953] on 10 Oct 1832 in Richmond Surrey England. Anna was born on 2 Nov 1806.

817 x. Sir George le Grand JACOB K.C.S.I. [120945] was born on 24 Apr 1805 in Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales and was baptised on 19 Sep 1805.

General Notes: In the Wikisource Dictionary of National Biography, it says of Sir George,
JACOB, Sir GEORGE Le GRAND (1805\endash 1881), major-general in the Indian army, the fifth son and youngest child of John Jacob [see Jacob, Edward, 1710?\endash 1788, ad fin.], by his wife Anna Maria Le Grand, was born at his father's residence, Roath Court, near Cardiff, 24 April 1805. His family in 1815 removed to Guernsey. Jacob was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and under private tutors in France and England, and when about fifteen was sent to London to learn oriental languages under Dr. John Borthwick Gilchrist [q. v.] He obtained an Indian infantry cadetship in 1820, and on the voyage out to Bombay contracted a close friendship with Alexander Burnes [q. v.] He was posted to the 2nd or grenadier regiment Bombay native infantry (now Prince of Wales's own) as ensign 9 June 1821, in which corps he obtained all his regimental steps except the last. His subsequent commissions were: lieutenant 10 Dec. 1823, captain 6 June 1836, major 1 May 1848, lieutenant-colonel in the (late) 31st Bombay native infantry 15 Nov. 1853, brevet-colonel 6 Dec. 1856, brigadier-general 21 July 1858, major-general on retirement 31 Dec. 1861.

Jacob passed for interpreter in Hindustâni so speedily after arrival in India, that he was complimented in presidency general orders. He afterwards passed in Persian and Marâthi. He saw some harassing service with his regiment against the Bheels in the pestiferous Nerbudda jungles, and was subsequently with it in Cutch and at Ukulkote. He took his furlough home in 1831, and in January 1833 was appointed orderly officer in the East India Military Seminary, Addiscombe. While there, at the request of the Oriental Translation Fund, he undertook the translation of the 'Ajaib-al-Tabakat' (Wonder of the Universe), a manuscript purchased by Alexander Burnes in the bazaar at Bokhara. Jacob considered the work not worth printing, and his manuscript translation is now in the library of the Asiatic Society, London. On 18 June 1835 he married Emily, daughter of Colonel Utterton of Heath Lodge, Croydon, and soon afterwards sailed for India. His wife died at sea, and Jacob landed at Bombay in very broken health. He recovered under the care of a brother, William Jacob, then an officer in the Bombay artillery, and in 1836 was appointed second political assistant in Kattywar, where he was in political charge in 1839\endash 43. His ability in dealing with the disputed Limree succession was noticed by the government; the curious details are given in his book (Le Grand Jacob, Western India, pp. 22\endash 55). He was also thanked for his report on the Babriawar tribes (1843) and other reports on Kattywar. Early in 1845 he served as extra aide-de-camp to Major-general Delamotte during the disturbances in the South Mahratta country, and was wounded in the head and arm by a falling rock when in command of the storming party in the assault on the hill-fort of Munsuntosh. In April 1845 Jacob was appointed political agent in Sawunt Warree. The little state was bankrupt, with its gaols overflowing; but Jacob's judicious measures during a period of six years restored order, retrieved the finances, and reformed abuses. On 8 Jan. 1851 Jacob was made political agent in Cutch, and was sent into Sind as a special commissioner to inquire into the case of the unfortunate Mir Ali Morad, khan of Khypore, the papers relating to which were printed among 'Sessional Papers' of 1858 and the following years. He also sat on an inquiry into departmental abuses at Bombay. An account of his travels in Cutch appeared in the 'Proceedings' for 1862 of the Bombay Geographical Society, since merged in the Asiatic Society of Bombay. His health needing change, he obtained leave, and visited China, Java, Sarawak, and Australia, 'keeping his eyes and ears ever on the alert, always reading, writing, or inquiring\emdash mostly smoking\emdash winning men by his geniality and women by his courteous bearing' (Overland Mail, 6 May 1881). On his return he was shipwrecked on a coral reef in Torres Straits, and saved from cannibal natives by a Dutch vessel. He quitted Cutch for Bombay in December 1856, at first purposing to retire; but he served under Outram in the Persian expedition. In Persia he was in command of the native light battalion in the division under Henry Havelock, whom Jacob appears to have regarded as too much of a martinet. He returned with the expeditionary force to Bombay in May 1857.

Acting under the orders of Lord Elphinstone, the governor of Bombay, Jacob arrived at Kolapore on 14 Aug., a fortnight after the 27th Bombay native infantry had broken into mutiny there. Four days later he, with a mere handful of troops, quietly disarmed the regiment, and brought the ringleaders of the outbreak to justice (sc|Jacob,, Western India, pp. 144\endash 77). On 4 Dec. following, when the city closed its gates against Jacob's small force which was encamped in their lines outside, Jacob promptly blew open one of the gates, put the rebels to flight, tried by drumhead court-martial and executed on the spot thirty-six who were caught red-handed, and held the city until the mischief was past (ib. pp. 182\endash 208). His vigour, no doubt, prevented the wave of rebellion from sweeping over the whole southern Mahratta country and overflowing into the nizam's dominions (Holmes, Indian Mutiny, p. 455; Report on Administration of Public Affairs in Bombay, pp. 18\endash 19). Jacob was specially thanked in presidency general orders 8 Jan. 1858 for 'the promptitude and decision shown by you on the occasion of the recent insurrection at Kolapore,' and 'for the manner in which you upheld the honour of this army, proving to all around you what a British officer can effect by gallantry and prudence in the face of the greatest difficulties' (ib. p. 264). Jacob's powers, at first limited to Kolapore, Sawunt Warree, and Rutnagerry, were in May 1858 extended to the whole South Mahratta country, of which he was appointed special commissioner, the command of the troops with the rank of brigadier-general being subsequently added. After dealing successfully with various local outbreaks (ib. pp. 210\endash 32), Jacob was sent to Goa to confer with the Portuguese authorities respecting the Sawunt rebels on the frontier (ib. pp. 232\endash 6). This service successfully accomplished, he resigned his command. He remained nominally political agent in Cutch up to the date of his leaving India in 1859. James Outram appears to have desired that Jacob should succeed him as member of the council at Calcutta, but he retired with the rank of major-general from 31 Dec. 1861. He was made C.B. in 1859, and K.C.S.I. in 1869.

Jacob has been likened in character to his cousin, General John Jacob [q. v.] He had the same fearlessness, the same hatred of redtape and jobbery, and the same genius for understanding and conciliating Asiatics. His outspoken advocacy of native rights not unfrequently gave offence to the officials with whom he came in contact. Throughout his life he was a zealous student of the literature of India, and whenever opportunity offered did his best to promote research in the history and antiquities of the land. He was one of the earliest copiers of the Asoka inscriptions (250 B.C.) at Girnar, Kattywar; and in Cunningham's 'Corpus Inscriptionum,' Calcutta, 1877, are many inscriptions transcribed by him in Western India. A list of papers bearing on the history, archæology, topography, geology, and metallurgy of Western India, contributed by Jacob at different times to various publications, is given in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society,' London, new ser. xiii. pp. vii. and viii. Some are included in the 'Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers;' but neither list appears complete. In his prime he was an ardent sportsman. Seven lions fell to his rifle in one day in Kattywar, and his prowess as a shikarry is perpetuated in native verse. The last twenty years of Jacob's life were spent at home under much suffering\emdash a constant struggle with asthma, bronchitis, and growing blindness. His mental vigour remained unimpaired. With the assistance of his niece and adopted daughter, Miss Gertrude Le Grand Jacob, he wrote his 'Western India before and during the Mutiny,' which was published in 1871, and was highly commended by the historian Kaye; and shortly before his death he paid 20l. for a translation from the Dutch of some papers of interest on the island of Bali (east of Java), subsequently printed in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society,' London, viii. 115, ix. 59, x. 49. Jacob died in London on 27 Jan. 1881, and was buried in Brookwood cemetery, near Woking, Surrey.
[East India Registers and Army Lists; Kaye's Hist. Indian Mutiny, ed. Malleson, cabinet edition, vol. v. book xiii. chap. i. book xiv. chap. iv.; T. R. E. Holmes's Indian Mutiny, 3rd ed. pp. 446\endash 457; Report on Administration of Public Affairs in Bombay in 1857\endash 8; Goldsmid's James Outram, a biography, London, 1888, i. 341\endash 80; Overland Mail, 6 May 1881; Journal of the Asiatic Soc. London, May 1881, new ser. vol. xiii.; Jacob's Western India.]

George married Emily UTTERTON [120955] on 18 Jun 1835 in Heath Lodge Croydon Surrey England. Emily was born in Heath Lodge Croydon Surrey England, died about Oct 1835 at Sea, and was buried on 23 Nov 1835 in Cape Town Cape Colony.

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