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John George Boileau, Esq JP

Male 1842 - 1883  (41 years)


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  • Name John George Boileau 
    Suffix Esq JP 
    Born 5 Feb 1842  Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Feb 1883  Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17013  Swetenham

    Father John Theophilus (ii) Boileau, Maj-Gen,   b. 26 May 1805, Calcutta, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1886, 31 Ladbroke Square, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Hanson,   b. 1813, Cawnpore now Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1889, Brentford, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 23 Apr 1829  Agra, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F5404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S457] India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    2. [S599] List of the officers of the Bengal army, 1758- 1834, part II, V. C. P. Hodson, (Name: Constable & Co.;), BOILEAU, John Theophilus (1805-1886).
      BOILEAU, John Theophilus (1805-1886). Major General. Engineers. b. Calcutta 26 May 1805. Cadet 1821. Arrived in India 24 Sept. 1822 Ensign 19 Dec. 1820. Lieut. 1 May 1824. Capt. 18 June 183 Major 1 Jan 1843. Lt. Col. 5 May 1846. Col. 1 May 1855. Retired 10 Mar. 1857. Hon. Maj. Gen. 29 May 1857. d. 31 Ladbroke Sq., London, 7 Nov. 1886.
      bapt. Calcutta 19 Aug., 1805. Elder son of Thomas Boileau, of Calcutta, and Leah his wife. Brother of Alexander Henry Edmonstone Boileau, q.v., and cousin german to Solomon Boileau, q.v. m. Agra, 23 Apr. 1829, Anne, dau. of William Hanson. (See also Frederick Walpole Anson.) Addiscombe Cadet 1819-20.
      Services: In charge of the Observatory at Simla Oct. 1840 till retirement. Suptg. Engineer, N.W.P., Feb. 1848. Chief Engineer, N.W.P., 1 May 1851 till retirement. Comdt. Engineers Apr. 1855. Consulting Engr. for Rajputana 12 Dec. 1856. No record of active service. Private 1st Middlesex Rifles 1860-6. F.R.S.
      Refs. : Foster's Baronetage, p. 56, s.n. Boileau, Bart. Boase. The Times, 9 Nov. 1886. I.LN. 20 Nov, 1886, p. 550 (portrait). Portrait by Sydney Hodges at the Soldiers' Daughters' Home.
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