Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
19.—Died at his residence, Craven Hill Gardens, Bayswater, General Sir
George Petre Wymer, K.C.B., Colonel of the 107th Regiment. He was a son
of Mr. George Wymer, of Reepham, where he was born on August 19th, 1788.
Educated at North Walsham, he entered the military service of the East
India Company in August, 1804, served in Lord Lake’s campaign of 1805,
and throughout the Nepaul War in 1814–15. In 1840 he joined the army
under Sir William Nott at Candahar, and was present during the investment
of that city. He was appointed brigadier, and in command of the First
Brigade of the Candahar Force saw much active service. In 1842 he was
appointed _aide-de-camp_ to the Queen, in recognition of his services in
Afghanistan, and in 1857 he was made a K.C.B. for his military services
in India. His military career extended over 64 years. General Wymer
married, in 1833, a daughter of Sir C. F. Crespigny.
SEPTEMBER.
4.—A new lifeboat, built at the cost of £1,000 subscribed to the National
Lifeboat Institution by Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, of Cromer Hall, was
launched at Cromer. Mr. Bond Cabbell also provided all the necessary
appliances, the transport carriage, and the boat-house. The Bishop of
the diocese delivered an address at the launch, and the ceremony of
christening the boat by the name of Benjamin Bond Cabbell was performed
by Miss Buxton.
7.—Died, Francis Baring, third Baron Ashburton. His lordship was second
son of Alexander, first Baron, by his wife Anne Louisa, eldest daughter
of Mr. W. Bingham, of Philadelphia. He was born on May 20th, 1800, and
married in January, 1831, Mdlle. Claire Hortense, daughter of the Duke de
Bassano, by whom he left issue Alexander, his successor in the title, and
formerly Member of Parliament for Thetford, the Hon. Denzil Hugh Baring,
and an only daughter, Mary Louisa Anne, married to the Duke of Grafton.
Previously to his accession to the family honours, the deceased nobleman
represented Thetford in Parliament, namely, from 1832 to 1841, and from
July, 1848, to December, 1857. He was a Conservative in politics, but,
like his father and brother, was moderate in his views, and generally
voted with the class of politicians formerly known as “Peelites.”
10.—Died at Westgate House, near Bury St. Edmund’s, Rear-Admiral Sir
William Legge George Hoste. He was the eldest son of Sir William Hoste
(who was created baronet in 1814 for his naval services, but particularly
for the victory he gained over the combined French and Italian squadrons
off the island of Lessa in 1811), and Lady Harriett, third daughter of
Horatio, second Earl of Orford. Born on March 19th, 1818, he succeeded
to the baronetcy on the death of his father, in December, 1828. He was
Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide from 1845 to 1849, and was appointed
Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1860.
OCTOBER.
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