Douglas Fortnom Fearon (1827 - 1871)

Born 20 May 1827 in Bombay, India

Ancestors

Died 7 Nov 1871 at age 44 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

Biography

Captain Douglas Fortnom Fearon of the 10th Bombay Native Infantry (1827-1871) was the son of Peter Fearon and Julia Pringle.

He married Isabel, daughter of Lambert Hotchkin Esq., on the 25th of August 1866 in St. Mary Abbott's church, Kensington, London.

He died aged 44 on the 7 Nov 1871 at Hastings, Sussex, England.

His entry in the probate calendar reads: ^[1]

• FEARON Douglas Fortnom Esq. 22 December. The will of Douglas Fortnom Fearon late of 13 Whiterock Place Hastings in the County of Sussex Esquire, a retired Captain in the Bombay Native Infantry who died 7 November 1871 at 13 Whiterock Place, was proved at the Principal Registry by Isabel Fearon of 70 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington in the County of Middlesex Widow, the Relict the sole Executrix. Effects under £4,000.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills)

The Peerage.com (M, #702413)

British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns- Births & Baptisms Transcription

First name(s) Douglas Fortnom

Last name Fearon

Birth year 1827

Birth date 20 May 1827

Baptism year 1827

Baptism date 21 Jun 1827

Place Bombay

Presidency Bombay

Father's first name(s) Peter

Father's last name Fearon

Mother's first name(s) Julia Claudina

Mother's last name Pringle

Archive reference N-3-8

Folio 6

freeBMD Marriages Sep Q 1866 Kensington 1a 199 FEARON Douglas F + HOTCHKIN Isabel

freeBMD Deaths Dec Q 1871 Hastings 2b 19 FEARON Douglas Fortnom Age 44

Census

1871 U.K. census for Newport Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England :

Douglas F Fearon : Head : Married : Age 44 : Retired Army Captain : Birth place: Bombay, India.

Isabel Fearon : Wife : Married : Age 39 : Birth Place Kensington, London, England.