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James Gordon Cavenagh (abt. 1766 - 1844)

James Gordon Cavenagh
Born about in Inishannon, County Cork, Irelandmap
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Husband of — married 27 Mar 1815 in New Romney, Kent, Englandmap
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Died at about age 78 in Wexford, Irelandmap
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Biography

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James Gordon Cavenagh was born about 1766 in Inishannon, County Cork, Ireland, son of Matthew Cavenagh (1738 - 1819) and Catherine Hyde (Orfeur) Cavenagh (~1748 - 1814).

Cavenagh obtained his diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1795-6 he first saw active service, with the 83rd Foot in the so-called ‘Maroon War’ in Jamaica. On 21 February 1800 he transferred to the Royal Staff Corps. The Royal Staff Corps was a corps of the British Army responsible for military engineering which was founded in about 1800 and disbanded in about 1837.

Cavenagh was present immediately after the Battle of Waterloo.[1]

James (~49) married Ann Coates (~27) (~1788 - 1846) on 27 March 1815 at New Romney. Kent, England. [2][3]

Their children were:

  1. Matthew Cavenagh (1819 - 1867)
  2. Catherine Anne Cavenagh 1817–1858[4]
  3. George Coates Cavenagh 1819–1819
  4. Matthew Cavenagh (1819 - 1867)
  5. Sir Orfeur Cavenagh (1820 - 1891)
  6. Hon Wentworth (Cavenagh) Cavenagh-Mainwaring (1822 - 1895).
  7. George Coates Cavenagh 1824–1825
  8. Julia Cavenagh 1826–1827
  9. Gordon Cavenagh 1828–1917


On 25 June 1825 at Hythe, Kent, England, James Gordon Cavenagh retired as Surgeon on half-pay.[5]

James Gordon Gavenagh died 11 September 1844. At the time of his death he was a surgeon of the British Army on half pay.[3]

From the Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent 19 September 1844:

Sept 11, at his residence, The Castle, Wexford, James Gordon Cavenagh, late Surgeon of the Royal Staff Corps. aged seventy-four. He was a kind husband, an affectionate father, and a sincere friend.[6]

The will of James Gordon Cavenagh who died in 1844 was probated in the Ferns Diocese, Ireland.[7]

Sources

  1. Crumplin, M.K.H. The Bloody Fields of Waterloo page 157
  2. Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
    England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1835590
    Ancestry Record 9852 #37089012 (accessed 8 February 2023)
    James Gordon Cavenagh marriage to Ann Coates on 27 Mar 1815 in New Romney, Kent, England.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Officers' Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers. BRITISH OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES; Class: WO 42; Piece: 007; Piece Description: Piece 007: C. 163-259 (1776-1881) retrieved through ancestry.com (subscription $) Ancestry Record 60931 #337515
  4. Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service 01 June 1839: Marriages - Lieutenant D. K. O’Reilly, 69th regiment, son of the late D. O’Reilly, Esq., Captain, Royal Navy, to Catherine Ann, daughter of J. G. Cavenagh, Esq., Wexford
    British Newspaper Archive retrieved through FindMyPast
  5. London Gazette: Royal Staff Corps, Surgeon Arthur Stewart, M.D., from half pay 62d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice James Gordon Cavenagh, who retires upon half pay 62d Foot. Dated 25th June 1825.
    "No. 18174". The London Gazette. 10 September 1825. p. 1649. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18174/page/1649/data.pdf
  6. British Newspaper Archive retrieved through FindMyPast
  7. "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-3PPZ : 19 December 2019), James Gordon Cavenagh, 1844; records extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; citing extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.




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