Robert Abraham Logan CB (1824 - 1890)

Born 26 Jul 1824 in Nuns Island, Galway, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Nesbitt (Tredennick) Logan — married 3 Feb 1852 in Kilbarron, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland

Died 27 Jan 1890 at age 65 in Streatham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lieutenant General Robert Abraham Logan CB was born in 1824 at Nuns Island, Galway, Ireland. He was the only son of Captain Patrick Logan and Letitia O'Bierne. Robert accompanied his parents to the Colony of New South Wales in 1825, where his father – a Captain in the 57th Regiment of Foot – was appointed commandant of the Moreton Bay penal settlement. A sister was born in 1826. Robert's father was killed in 1830.

Robert joined the 41st Regiment of Foot, as an Ensign, on 26th October 1841. He transferred to his father's old regiment, the 57th Regiment of Foot, on 19th November; became a Lieutenant in 1843, and was promoted to Major in June 1855. He served in the Crimean War and commanded the regiment in the New Zealand Maori Wars of 1861. He highly distinguished himself and was personally thanked by his commanding officer after his overwhelming defeat of the Maoris in the battle of the Katikare River on 4th June 1863. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1865. He later served in the Arab campaigns and at Hounslow in 1877. He was promoted to Major General on 1st July 1881 and retired with the honorary rank of Lieutenant General on 6th May 1882.^[1]

Robert Logan married 3 February 1852 Ann Nesbitt Tredennick the daughter of Rev. G Tredennick rector of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal and of Woodhill Ardara.^[2]

Marriage Notice - Dublin Evening Mail 06 February 1852

February 3, at the Parish church of Kilbarron, Ballysbannon, by the Rev. George N. Tredennick, the Vicar, and father of the bride, Captain Robert A. Logan, her Majesty's 57th Regiment, Anne Nesbitt, second daughter of the Rev. G. N. Tredennick, of kildoney Glebe, in the county of Donegal.

The 57th Regiment of Foot, (West Middlesex) - The Die-hards, served in New Zealand in 1860-1866. Lieutenant - Colonel Logan was resident in New Plymouth, New Zealand in 1863. ^[3]

They had 5 sons and 7 daughters, including:^[2]

Children

Douglas Shadforth Aldersey b. 1862 in NZ ^[4]

Lilian Margaret b. 1863 in NZ (twin) ^[5]

Ada Loetitia b. 1863 in NZ (Twin) ^[6]

Lydia Margaret b. 28 Oct 1867 Ballyshannon ^[7]

Robert Patrick Tredennick 1853 -1902, civil engineer and architect

George Connell Home b. 1854 d. 1892 tea planter in Ceylon

John

Norman Colhoun, South African missionary

George and John died without issue.^[2]

On 12 August 1887 his wife died and was buried in West Norwood Cemetery.^[2]

Logan moved from South Kensington London to Streatham after his wife's death.^[2]

Robert passed away, aged 65 years, at Wandsworth, Surrey, England on 27th January 1890.^[8] He was buried with his wife at West Norwood Cemetery.^[2]

Probate ^[9]
Logan, Robert Abraham late of 28 Flen Eldon road, Streatham in the county of Surrey C.B. a Retired Lieutenant-General from Her Majesty's Army died 27 January 1890 at 28 Glen Eldon Road. Proved by George Connell Home Logan of Francis st, Dundalk, county Louth in Ireland, Gentleman and Douglas Shadforth Aldersey Logan of 28 Glen Eldon Road Bankers Clerk, the sons, the executors.

Death Notice - Home News for India, China and the Colonies 31 January 1890

Lieut.Gen. Robert Abraham Logan C.B. late of the 57th 91st Batttalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex died on Monsay, Jan 27th, at his residence 28 Glen Eldon road, Streatham aged sixty-six. The deceased officer entered the army as ensign in 1841, receiving his lieutenant's commission two years later. In June 1855 he received his major's commisssion, and in November of that year he was serving with the 57th in the Crimea. He commanded the 57th Regiment in New Zealand to the end of the war in 1861, and so highly distinguished himself that he was thanked in the commanding officer's general orders and mentioned in despatches. Lieut.-Gen. Logan commanded four companies of the 57th Regiment, being the main body, which took the enemy's redoubt at the Katikare river during the New Zealand campaign, on June 4, 1863. For his services he was created a Military Companion of the Order of the Bath, besides being again mentioned in despatches and receiving a medal. He commanded a wing of the 57th Regiment at Aden for about two years, during which time the troops were engaged in a desultory warfare with the neighbouring Arabs. The deceased officer was born in 1824 and married in 1852 Annie Nesbitt, the daughter of the Rev. G.N. Tredennick, Woodhill. He was made lieutenant-general in 1882.

Sources

1. ↑ Life of Captain Patrick Logan
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Bateson, Charles. Patrick Logan : Tyrant of Brisbane Town. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1966.
3. ↑ https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22492018
4. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1862/9289 Logan Douglas T Aldersly Ann Robert
5. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1863/10714 Logan Lilian Margaret Annie Nesbitt Robert Abraham
6. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1863/10717 Logan Ada Loetitia Annie Nesbitt Robert Abraham
7. ↑ "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5FF-ZPB : 15 February 2020), Annie Nesbitt Tredennick in entry for Lydia Margaret Logan,
8. ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index Mar qtr 1890, vol 1d, page 541
9. ↑ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/