John Falconar H.E.I.C. (abt. 1776 - 1804)

Born about 1776 in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 28 Oct 1804 at about age 28 in Bellary, Madras, India

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John Falconar H.E.I.C. was part of the history of the British Honourable East India Company

Biography

John Falconar is mentioned several times in his brother's diary:

3rd February 1798: arrived my brother John

2nd January 1800: John my brother appointed fort adjutant of Poonamallee

Then

28th October 1804: my amiable brother john dept this life

4th November 1804: received the awful account of my ever to be lamented brothers death which happened at Bellary on 28 October

The Times , on 17th June 1805 had this entry:

On the 28th October last, at Belhary, in the East Indies, Captain-Lieutenant John Falconar, Fort-Adjutant of that place, endowed with all those qualities which most adorn human nature. His loss is deeply deplored by his family, and justly regretted by all who knew him.

Sources

• Ramaswami, N.S. (ed). The Chief Secretary Madras Diaries of Alexander Falconar, 1790-1809, Madras New Era, 1983.

Details can be found in this description of his diary.

• Wkipedia Madras Army.

• Indian Family History