Calcraft, Henry Fox, 1756-1834

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Calcraft, Henry Fox, 1756-1834

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        1756-1834

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        CALCRAFT, HENRY FOX, natural son of John Calcraft MP, army contractor, and George Anne Bellamy, actress, natural dau. of James O’Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley (I), Field Marshal in the Army; b. (presumably Henry Calcraft, son of John Calcraft, bapt. Keston, Kent 4 Nov 1756 (IGI)); adm.; at school under Markham (An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, 1785, iv, 187, and Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 204); Cadet, EICS Bengal 1778; Ensign 1778; Lieut., 10 Oct 1778; Capt., 7 Jan 1796; Maj., 1st European Regt., 29 May 1800; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Native Infantry, 13 Jul 1803; Col., 1 Jan 1812; Col., 29th Native Infantry, 16 Dec 1814; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Gen., 22 Jul 1830; Judge Advocate General, Bengal 7 Nov 1793 - 26 Jun 1813; Fort Maj., Fort William, Calcutta, 1798 - 1 May 1813; m. 19 Feb 1795 Marianne Elizabeth, only dau. of Capt. James Bremer, Royal Navy; d. 3 Apr 1834.

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        GB-2014-WSA-04338

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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.

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