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MASKELYNE, EDMUND, brother of William Maskelyne (qv); bapt. 9 Aug 1728; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1737/8; KS 1742; still at school 1744; Writer, EICS Madras 1742 [check]; volunteered for military service with his brother-in-law, Lord Clive, and with him was made a prisoner of war at the capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais 1746; escaped to Fort St. David disguised as a native; again taken prisoner at Golconda 1751; Lieut., EICS Madras, by 1751; Capt., English Infantry, Madras 17 Feb 1751/2; returned to England 1759; m. 1st, 4 Feb 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Floyer, Ty-Gwyn, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire; m. 2nd, 1771 Katherine, widow of John Muscott, Ludlow, Shropshire, and dau. of John Greenly, Titley Court, Herefs.; d. 14 Sep 1775.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.