Henry Phillips1

#17655, (c 1786 - 1808)
Pedigree

Life Events

BirthHenry Phillips was born circa 1786.2
 
MilitaryHe was a cadet in 1803, Lieutenant 21 March 1805, and died 8 October 1808 at Fort William.3 
MarriageHe married Eliza Henry on 13 Oct 1806 in Pertaub Ghur, Bengal, India.
Register entry: Henry Philipps Esqr Lieut in the Honble Companys 26th Regiment of Native Infantry, Bachelor and Eliza Henry Spinster.4,1 
DeathHenry died on 8 Oct 1808 in Fort William, Bengal, India.3,2
 
GravestoneHis gravestone in North Park Street Burial Ground, Calcutta, reads:


Sacred to the Memory of Capt. Henry Phillipps,
late Aid-de-Camp to the Governor General
Lord Minto, who departed this life on
the 8th of Oct. 1808, aged 22 years.2
 
Last Edited28 Jan 2022

Citations

  1. Will and Administration of Richard Henry of London, 25 January 1798, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 August 1841.
  2. Holmes and Co, The Bengal obituary (Calcutta, India: Holmes And Co, 1848). Digitized copy viewed on Google Books.
  3. V C P Hodson, List of the officers of the Bengal army, 1758-1834 (London: Phillimore, 1927-1947), digital copy viewed on Google Books, page 210-211.
  4. British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns viewed at Find My Past. Henry Philipps & Eliza Henry marriage, 1806.