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Descendants of Thackeray Progenitor-136321

Fourth Generation


6. Colonel Bengal Artillery Shakespear Richmond Campbell-46344 (Amelia (Emily) Thackeray , William Makepeace , Progenitor ) was born on 11 May 1812. He died on 29 Oct 1861.

Update per DR Arathoon of 17-4-2008. thepeerage.com. S. family http update. See email from Neil Thompson per Iseke. And see pp. 360-366. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 257; table. Lt-Col Shakespear, table. Google Books result. The Gentleman's Magazine, 1862, Obituaries.

Richmond married had issue Thompson Maria Sophia-46369 daughter of BCS Thompson George Powney-57418 and Fendall Harriet-57419 on 5 Mar 1844. Maria was born on 9 Mar 1825. She died on 16 Dec 1899.

She is dr3. See Hodson lists. Email Neil Thompson per Iseke. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 256. Her father's name in fact is George Powney Thompson. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 257. Lt-Col. Shakespear, table. Google Books result. The Gentleman's Magazine, 1862, Obituaries.

Richmond and Maria had the following children:

  18 M i Shakespear Richmond II-46343 was born on 5 Dec 1844. He died on 2 Mar 1931.

Per David Arathoon on thepeerage.com. Email from Neil Thompson per Iseke. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 360.
        Richmond married Brougham Marion-376454 daughter of Brougham Senior-376455 and BNotknown Miss-376456.

thepeerage.com.
  19 F ii Shakespear Emily-46346 was born in 1856 in Circa.

thepeerage.com.
        Emily married Rev Waller Percy-376443 son of Waller Progenitor-376444 and WNotknown Miss-376445.
  20 M iii Shakespear Richard-376446 died in 1865.

Update per Pieter Dickson of 17-4-2008.
  21 F iv Shakespear Minna-376447.
+ 22 F v Shakespear Selina Caroline-376448 was born in 1842/1845. She died in 1919.
  23 M vi Shakespear Talbot Powney-376449 was born in 1847. He died in 1896.

thepeerage.com.
+ 24 F vii Shakespear Edith-376450 was born in 1849.
  25 F viii Shakespear Sophy-376451 was born in 1851.

thepeerage.com.
  26 F ix Shakespear Annie-376452 was born in 1853. She died in 1898.

thepeerage.com.
  27 M x Shakespear John-376453 was born in 1861 in West Bengal India.

Update per Pieter Dickson of 17-4-2008. thepeerage.com.

7. Shakespear Emily Anne-44837 (Amelia (Emily) Thackeray , William Makepeace , Progenitor ) was born on 8 Apr 1804. She died in May 1887.

Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 357.

Emily married BCS Dick William Fleming-44838 son of EICo Asst Surgeon Dick William-44839 and DNotknown Miss-44840 in 1821.

Of Bengal Civil Service. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 160, p. 263, p. 357, table.

William and Emily had the following children:

+ 28 F i Dick Augusta-44845 was born in 1822. She died in 1859.
  29 M ii Dick Harris St John-57429 was born in 1834. He died in 1879.

No notes.
        Harris married DNotknown Grace-57430.
  30 M iii Dick Hugh St John-58932 died in 1922.

He fights in South African War. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 357.

10. Shakespear Augusta Ludlow-53088 (Amelia (Emily) Thackeray , William Makepeace , Progenitor ) was born on 4 Mar 1809. She died on 16 Aug 1893.

Burke's P&B for Metcalfe. Lt-Col Shakespear, table.

Augusta married Sir, Lt-General Low John-54944 son of Low Robert-32777 and Malcolm Miss-93977 on 10 Apr 1829. John was born in 1788. He died on 10 Jan 1880.

thepeerage.com. He is KCB. Noted in Saul's book on Indian Mutiny. Of Madras army. Hodson lists. Burke's P&B for Liston-Foulis; Metcalfe. He is Major only in Shakespear's book. See also Burke's P&B for Metcalfe. Note that in Coates book on Macao there is a William Low a partner in the American firm Russell and Co. of China. He may be linked to the writer Low who wrote book on HMIN mentioning grandson of Duncan Campbell (1726-1803 qv) in India. Lt-Col Shakespear, table.

John and Augusta had the following children:

  31 M i Major, Cavalry Low Irvine-58249 was born in 1841. He died in 1881.

He is yst son. Burke's P&B for Liston-Foulis. Hodson lists. He is of Bengal Cavalry. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 359.
        Irvine married Foulis-Liston Janet Agnes Harriet Liston-Foulis-6130 daughter of Sir Bart8 Foulis William Liston-Foulis-61087 and wife1 Liston Henrietta Ramage-60613.

Burke's P&B for Liston-Foulis. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 359.
+ 32 F ii Low Charlotte Herbert-49031 was born on 4 May 1833. She died on 26 Sep 1853.
+ 33 M iii Low William Malcolm-57437 was born on 6 Nov 1835. He died on 14 Jun 1923.

13. had issue Shakespear Charlotte Mary Anne-57445 (Amelia (Emily) Thackeray , William Makepeace , Progenitor ) was born on 19 Dec 1813.

She had eight children. Lt-Col Shakespear, table.

Charlotte married BCS Crawford James Henry-57444 son of Crawford William-40334 and Rees Dorothy Elizabeth-84881 on 25 Apr 1833 in Bengal. James was born in 1811.

He has descendant Edward C. Hope at Echahnen@cs.com- Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 366. who provides info on James Travers Crawford qv. Lt-Col Shakespear, table.

James and Charlotte had the following children:

  34 M i HEICS administrator Crawford James-61474 was born on 20 Jun 1835. He was christened in 1889 in dismissed.

Who does he marry? He went to Hailebury, joined Bombay ICS in 1855, on revenue commission but was dismissed in 1889 due to some sort of financial scandal, email here to Edward C. Hope, at Echahnen@cs.com
  35 F ii wife2 Crawford Selina-57443 was born in 1844. She died in 1879.

Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 366.
        Selina married Lt-Gen, Bengal Engineers, FRS, FRAS Tennant James F.-110229 son of Tennant Senior-102190 and TNotknown Miss-102189 in 1867.

gaps3 netsurf special. See name Tennant in http - arbuthnot - k_1.htm Need to follow up on this man. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 357.
  36 M iii Crawford Arthur Francis-94686 was born on 20 Jun 1835.

Or, he is Arthur Travers. Lt-Col Shakespear's book.
        Arthur married Moresby Miss-121737 daughter of Moresby Senior findzzzz-94685 and MNotknown MIss-70777.

ux42 netsurf special Could she be a dr of Robert Moresby and Pollexfen qv? dr of?
  37 M iv Crawford Shakespeare Campbell-454561.

16. Midx Thackeray William Makepeace-44831 (Richmond Makepeace , William Makepeace , Progenitor ) was born on 18 Jul 1811 in Calcutta. He died in 1863.

thepeerage.com. He is an only child. His father left him 17,000 pounds which he lost due to failure of a bank in India. Jane Beck says Wm 's fr is son of Richmond t and Anne Becher, her fr is John Harmon Becher, Richmond is son of William Makepeace Thackeray (the first, and a hunter), who married in 1776 to Amelia Richmond or Richmond -Webb, the dr 3 of Col. Richmond Webb - this man's wife1 of 1836 is Isabella dr of Col. Matthew Shawe. He is friends with a worshipper of historian Buckle, Mrs Huth, wife of the rich bibliophile in Annan, p. 62. His publisher His wife1 of 1836 is Isabella dr of Col. Matthew Shawe. He is friends with a worshipper of historian Buckle, Mrs Huth, wife of the rich bibliophile in Annan, p. 62. His publisher is one George Smith. See Annan on Leslie Stephen, pp. 61ff. He has seven sons and four drs. He is articled to EICo at age fourteen. He knew Richard Barwell in India. He is of Hadley, near Barnet in Midx. Various genealogy on writer WMT. ring ten only as he is a writer. His wife's lineage is in Lt-Col. Shakespear, pp. 62ff; see p. 357 on his dr Amelia; p. 395. Cf., Sir William Hunter, The Thackerays In India. Lt-Col Shakespear, pp. 34ff; p. 57 and ante. in Ch on Colonel Richmond Webb and his children (on whom Shakespear seems wrong). Lyndall Gordon's book on Virginia Woolf. Various other genealogy on writer WMT.

William married Shawe Isabella Gothin-44832 daughter of Colonel Shawe Matthew-48652 and SNotknown Miss-44629 in 1836 in ,India. Isabella was born in 1758 in Circa India. She died in 1894.

thepeerage.com. She is Isabella dr of Col Matthew Shawe in Encyc Brit entry on Thackeray the writer. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 37, p. 64.

William and Isabella had the following children:

+ 38 F i wife1 Thackeray Harriet Marion Anne-43951 was born in 1837. She died in 1875.
+ 39 F ii Cousin of husband Thackeray Anne Isabella-16873.
  40 F iii In India Thackeray Augusta-111814.

From genealogy various on writer WMT.
+ 41 M iv Rev Thackeray Francis-110268 was born in 1793. He died in 1842.
  42 F v Thackeray Anne Ritchie-109339.

Where does name Ritchie come from? Clarify this info from biog of Thackeray the writer.
  43 F vi Thackeray Charlotte Sarah-111348.

She is dr4. Lt-Col Shakespear, p. 162.
        Charlotte married Ritchie John-45985 son of Ritchie Senior-105894 and RNotknown Miss-83713.

ux42 netsurf special. Is he an opium trader? Annan, p. 76 and elsewhere on Sir Leslie Stephen mentions an Emily Ritchie, also Sir Richmond Ritchie, Lady Anne Isabella nee Thackeray. Cf, Gerald Ritchie, nd, The Ritchies in India. Lt-Col Shakespear, pp. 162ff.

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