Jeremiah Francis Dyson (1779 - 1861)

Born 19 Dec 1779 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Husband of Emma Louisa (Muntz) Dyson — married 18 Nov 1819 in Northfield, Severn-Stoke, Worcester, England

Husband of Augusta (Craven) Brady — married 21 Feb 1854 in St Mark's, Kennington, Surrey, England.

Died 20 Feb 1861 at age 81 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Jeremiah was born19 Dec 1779, the son of James Dyson and Ann Unknown. Baptised St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London, England.^[1]

He became a Lieutenant-General in the 18th Bombay Native Infantry. He owned property in Lincolnshire, England ^[2], and was a director of the Argus Life Assurance Company. ^[3]

Jeremiah married Emma Louisa Muntz, 19 Nov 1819, Northfield, Severn-Stoke, Worcester, England/ ^[4][5]

Widowed in 1823, Jeremiah remarried to Augusta Craven, 21 Feb 1854, St Mark's, Kennington, Surrey, England. ^[6][7]
Children:

• Arthur Francis Hawks Dyson, (1855 - 1921)
• Augusta Craven Dyson, (1856 - 1913)
• Percy Shakespeare Dyson, (1858 - 1944)
• Charles Dacre Dyson, (1860 - 1861) ^[8]

Jeremiah died 20 Feb 1861, at 5, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square, London, England. ^{[9] [10]} Buried West Norwood Cemetery, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England. ^[11]

Research Note

According to his Cadet Papers, he was baptized 10 Jan 1781, St James, Saint Andrew, Jamaica. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPQW-XVY : 21 March 2020), Jeremiah Fras. Dyson, 1780.
2. ↑ "Advertisement and Notices." Stamford Mercury, 15 Oct. 1830, pp. 1+. British Library Newspapers.
   Manor of SWINESHEAD, in the county of Lincoln, with its Members. NOTICE is hereby given, that the View of Frank Pledge, with the Great Court Leet and Court Baron of Jeremiah Francis Dyson, Esq. Lord of the said Manor, will be held, at the house of George Cook, known by the sign of the Green Dragon, within the said Manor, on Thursday the 28th day of October instant, at the hour of Eleven o'clock in the forenoon; when and where all persons who owe suit and service at the said Court are required to attend.
3. ↑ "Multiple Classified ads." Morning Post, 5 Mar. 1836, pp. [1]+. British Library Newspapers.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVZY-BPV : 13 March 2020), Jeremiah Francis Dyson, 1819.
5. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Hereford Journal, 1 Dec. 1819, p. 3. British Library Newspapers.
   MARRIED: At Northfield, Lieut.-Colonel J. F. Dyson, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to Emma Louisa, third daughter of the late P. F. Muntz, Esq. of Sellywick, Worcestershire.
6. ↑ "England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGZY-DSDZ : 1 June 2023), Jeremiah Frances Dyson and Augusta Craven, 21 Feb 1854; citing Marriage, Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, London Metropolitan Archives, England; FHL microfilm 375,297.
7. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Morning Chronicle [1801], 23 Feb. 1854. British Library Newspapers.
   On the 21st inst., at-St. Mark's, Kennington, Lieutenant-General Dyson, of Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square, to Augusta, only daughter of Captain Charles Cooley Craven, late 72d H1ghlanders, of Richardstown, county of Louth, and granddaughter of the late General Craven.
8. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 20 June 1861, p. 5. British Library Newspapers.
   June 15, of whooping cough, at Chantry, near Frome, Charles Dacre Dyson, aged 15 months, youngest child of the late General J. F. Dyson.
9. ↑ https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_detail.php?id=1242115
   Allens Indian Mail, 26 Feb 1861, Home Deaths
   Dyson, General, H.M.'s Indian Army, Col. 18th Bombay N.I., at 5, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square, Feb. 20.
10. ↑ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
    Probate 1861; DYSON Jeremiah Francis. Effects under £25,000. Double Probate passed at the Principal Registry April 1861. 8 March. The Will with three Codicils of Jeremiah Francis Dyson late of Lower-Berkley-street Manchester-square in the County of Middlesex a General in Her Majesty’s Army deceased who died 20 February 1861 at 5 Lower Berkely-street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of the Reverend Dacre Craven of Chantry near Frome in the County of Somerset Clerk Incumbent of Chantry aforesaid one of the Executors.
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142060776/jeremiah-francis-dyson
12. ↑ "United Kingdom, British India Office, Births and Baptisms, 1712-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VYS-W3C7 : 20 January 2023), Jeremiah Francis Dyson, 1781.

• "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ9-BD3D : 30 August 2018), Jeremiah Francis Dyson, 8 Mar 1861; citing Probate, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .

See also:

• Muntz Family Tree