GASCOYNE, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Gascoyne, London, and Sarah Chandler (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 7 May 1756 (IGI); adm. 24 Jan 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1774, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1774, scholar 5 May 1775, matr. 1774; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1778; Ensign, 4th Bengal Native Infantry 1778; Lieut., 28 Oct 1778; sailed for India 16 Jun 1779; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Capt., 1 Jun 1796; Maj., 29 May 1800; Lieut. -Col., 21st Bengal Native Infantry 8 Sep 1803; retd. 23 Jun 1809; m. 1st, at Berhampore, India 13 Sep 1787 Sarah Evance; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1808 Arabella Denton, widow, Tavistock Square, London; d. 21 Mar 1830.
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