He began military service aged 16 or 17 in approx June 1799[1]
It is likely this is his military record (32nd Foot Reg) although his second name is misspelled) [2]
He married Sarah Margaret Parkin at Bathwick, Somerset on 24 Feb 1820 (although her surname is misspelled as 'Parker'). The witnesses are her father Hugh Parkin and her younger brother William Hugh Parkin [3]
The 1841 census found him aged 40 living at Wellesley Villa, Cheltenham with his wife, Sarah Margaret and one of their children, Sarah Elizabeth, aged 15 [4]
He died aged 90, in 1872 [5] Probate was granted to his son Carlisle Harrington [6]
↑ First name(s) Carlisle Hopkinson
Last name Spedding
Birth year -
Year 1868-72
Regiment 32nd Foot
Regiment / service number as transcribed 32nd Ft
Series Wo 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Admission Books, Registers, And Papers 1702-1876
Archive The National Archives
Archive reference WO 23
Piece number 76
Piece description Register of payments.
Year range 1868-1872
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Collections from Great Britain, England
↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V91-J4T : 31 December 2014), Carlisle Spedding, 1872; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ9-444Y : Wed Dec 13 22:07:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Carlisle Spedding and Carlisle Harrington Spedding, 1 Nov 1872.
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