See also
Husband:
Goddard RICHARDS (1764-1833)
Wife:
Anne HOUGHTON (1781-1865)
Children:
Marriage:
24 Sep 1802
Name:
Goddard RICHARDS3
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Oct 1764
Residence:
14 Feb 1790 (age 25)
India3
Occupation:
-; Colonel, in East India Company Service
Will:
31 Jan 1828 (age 63)
Calcutta4
Death:
19 Oct 1833 (age 68-69)
Cavendish Crescent, Bath5
Probate:
25 Apr 18344
Burial:
"26 OCT"
St Swithin, Walcot St, Bath6
Name:
Mary Anne RICHARDS
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1803
Name:
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
1808
Residence:
1851 (age 42-43)
Clifton, Gloucestershire, England18
Relationship: Wife
Death:
14 Jul 1883 (age 74-75)
Burial:
19 Jul 1883
Name:
Maria RICHARDS14
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1809
Name:
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
16 Mar 1811
Birth:
16 Mar 1811
Baptism:
30 Mar 1813 (age 2)
Agra, India26
Residence:
1845 (age 33-34)
South Africa25
Residence:
3 May 1854 (age 43)
Wynberg28
Residence:
1861 (age 49-50)
Age: 50; Relation to Head of House: Head
Death:
12 Apr 1881 (age 70)
Wimbledon, Surrey29
Burial:
16 Apr 1881
Wimbledon, Surrey, England31
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
1 Jul 1812
Baptism:
30 Mar 1813 (age 0)
Agra, Bengal, India19
Residence:
1861 (age 48-49)
Flax Bourton, Somerset, England
Relationship: Head
Residence:
1871 (age 58-59)
St Philip and St Jacob, Gloucestershire, England37
Relationship: Head Occupation: retired farmer
Death:
27 May 1880 (age 67)
Name:
John RICHARDS
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1812
Death:
At Sea
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
2 Jul 1814
Residence:
1851 (age 36-37)
St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands41
Relation to Head of House: Head
Death:
4 Mar 1900 (age 85)
Burial:
6 Mar 1900
Name:
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
30 Apr 1822
Birth:
30 Apr 1822
Bengal Calcutta52
Baptism:
15 Dec 1823 (age 1)
Walcot St Swithin, Somerset, England50
Residence:
1871 (age 48-49)
Wimbledon, Surrey, England49
Age: 48; Relation to Head of House: Wife, Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence:
1881 (age 58-59)
Wimbledon, Surrey, England48
Age: 54; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married, Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Wife
Residence:
1891 (age 68-69)
Walton, Surrey, England47
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Death:
1907 (age 84-85)
Death:
1907 (age 84-85)
Elham, Kent, England
Burial:
5 Sep 1907
Thames Ditton, St Nicholas, Surrey, England46
Marriage Indenture is dated 23 Sept 1802 Will (in the India Office) dated Calcutta 31 Jan 1828, proved 25 April 1834. Career from entry in Hodson, Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1854 page 639 7 Nov 1781 Approved as cadet 6 Feb 1782 Sailed for India in the Norfolk 2 Nov 1782 Arrived in India 26 Feb 1783 Ensign, posted 28 Feb 1783 to 3rd Bengal Eur Regiment July 1787 Supy ensign, unposted Dec 1788 First European Battalion 5 Feb 1790 Reposted to First Eur Battalion 14 Feb 1790 Lieutenant 9 Sept 1791 Transferred to 30th Battalion Sepoys Aug 1793 7th N.I June 1798 Battalion Capt 7th N.I 1798 Transferred to 2nd European Reg 1800 to 8 Sept 1803 Furlough 30 Sept 1803 Captain Sept 1803 Posted Captain to newly raised 2/22 N.I 1804-5 Second Mahratta War: Capt Commanding 2/22nd N.I. Battle & Capture of Deig; Bhurtpore 11 March 1811 Major 1810-1811 Major commanding 2/22nd N.I. Operations in Bundelkhand against Gopal Singh 1 Sept 1815 Lt-Colonel 1816 Nepal War: Lt-Col commanding 2/22 N.I in third Bde. Centre Column. 1820 Transferred to 27th N.I, to 1/13th NI 1821, to 12th NI 1822 1 May 1824 Lt Col Comdt May 1824 Lt Col Comdt to 59th NI 7 Mar 1823 to 11 Mar 1825: Fur p.a 27 May 1825 to Feb 1828 Bdr commanding. Rohilkhand District Fur p.a 22 Feb 1828 to death 5 June 1829 Colonel 59th Native infantry
2nd Daughter of Henry Thomas Houghton. In 1841 living in Cavendish Crescent with Maria Burges abt 25, her daughter Louisa aged 12, Virginia aged 15 Caroline aged 15 and Juliana aged14
Faulkner's Dublin Journal.
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