John Blanshard (1782 - 1828)

Born 8 Aug 1782 in Surrey, England

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Died 8 Sep 1828 at age 46 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

He married a woman with the first name James.

Obituary

At Cheltenham, after a long and painful illness, aged 46, John Blanshard, esq. late Commander of the E.I.C.'s ships Carnatic and Marquis Wellington. He was brother to Richard Blanshard, esq. F.R.S. and S.A. and great-grandson of the celebrated Antiquary, Roger Gale, of Scruton, esq.^[1]

Memorial

There is a memorial commemorating John Blanshard in Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Transcript: 'To the memory of / Captain John Blanshard / late Commander in the / Hon. East India Company's Naval Service / who died 8th September 1828 / aged 46 / his remains are deposited in a vault / beneath this church'

Position: West wall ground level Blanshard, John, Age: 46, Date of Death: 8/9/1828, Rank / Occupation: Commander, Organisation: Indian Navy.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary, The Gentleman's Magazine:1828, Volume 98, Part 2, Volume 144, page 234, Sep 1828.

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKP5-PZD), John Blanshard and James Eleanora Brown, 13 Dec 1810; citing Old Church,Saint Pancras,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 598,179.

• Will of John Blanshard, Captain of the East India Ship named the Marquis of Wellington (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D198623)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for John Blanshard(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G9F7-4DR); contributed by various users.