Lt.Col. William Grant Prendergast 1815 - 1858
Lt.Col. William Grant Prendergast , Applications for Cadetships in the EIC Armies Surname Prendergast Forename(s) William Grant IOR Ref: L/MIL/9/181 Folio No. 9-13 Season(s) 1834-35 LDS Film No. 1951924 Venn: Prendergast, William Grant. College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1833 Born: June 24, 1815 Died: Sept. 15, 1858 Adm. pens. at TRINITY, July 4, 1833. [4th, and yst., s. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jeffrey, Kt., Military Auditor-General, Madras. B. June 24, 1815, in Madras. School, Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1833. Cadet in the H.E.I.C., 1834; Cornet, 1835; Lieut., 1838; Interpreter and Quartermaster, 1839-43; Capt., 1850; Brevet Major, 1850. Brigade Quartermaster to troops in Bundelkhand under Bdr. Young, 1842; Persian Interpreter to the C.-in-C., 1846-9. In the Second Sikh War. Raised at Lahore, May 18, 1849, the 3rd Punjab Cavalry, and commanded the Regt. for some years. Officiating Brigadier Punjab Irregular Force, 1854. Resumed command of 3rd Punjab Cavalry, Jan. 31, 1856; Brevet Lieut.-Col., Nov. 28, 1854. Married Sept. 30, 1857, at Hove, Eliza, yst. dau. of John T. Hensley, of Harewood Place, Hanover Square, London. Died Sept. 15, 1858, of cholera, at Alipore, Calcutta. Brother of Harris (1823). (List of Carthusians; Hodson, Officers of the Bengal Army; G. B. Routledge, H.E.I.C. List; G. Mag., 1858, II. 646.) See: List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1754-1834 Index to Volume 3 Surname Prendergast First Names William Grant Date 1815-1858 Page No 567 LDS Film No 845177 - 78 - 79
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| Born: Madras, , , India 24th Jun 1815 | Baptised: Madras, , , India 2nd Aug 1815
| | Died: Alipore, Calcutta, , , India 15th Sep 1858 | Buried:
| | Family: Prendergast |
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