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Scawen, John, 1750-1800
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1750-1800
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SCAWEN, JOHN, only son of Robert Scawen, Reigate, Surrey, [barrister, Inner Temple ?], and Winifred, dau. of John Borret (t?), Shoreham, Sussex; b. 27 Sep 1750; in school lists 1764, 1765; left 1765; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Mar 1767, aged 16; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 9 May 1768; Lieut. and Capt., 24 Nov 1773; retd. 28 Jan 1780; Assistant, Commissary-Gen. ’s Office, EICS Bengal 11 Apr 1780; Senior Merchant and Military Auditor-Gen. beyond the Karamnasa 1785; Deputy Military Auditor-Gen. 1790-7; one of the donors of the Warren Hastings Cup; m. 1st, 27 May 1772 Manowell De Souza; m. 2nd, 1776 Sarah, divorced wife of Charles Horneck (qv), and natural dau. of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); d. at Serampore, India 20 Oct 1800.
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GB 2014
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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.