Lt.Col. George Canning Therry 1831 - 1884
Lt.Col. George Canning Therry , The Therry crest is : crest is a half a Lion standing up and holding a shield with a cross on it. The Motto is: "E Cruce Leo" July 16, 1884 (JEWallis's diary) "Postman brought letter from Marcella MacMahon announcing the death of poor Geo. Therry on Sunday July 13. He had been much upset by the hot weather, but had not been ill. The doctor was called on Saturday but said there was no cause for alarm and sent for some medicines to relieve the liver. Early on Sunday, Sophy was uneasy and sent for the doctor again and in two hours it was all over." PvM always spelt his name Terry. Richard (Dicky) Wallis: "his name is spelt in the records of his regiment on the internet and on the lid of his canteen of cutlery (from his Madras days) I think the canteen clinches it. Therry it is." Hart's Army List, 1873 105 Regt. Foot (Madras Light Infranry) Captains [1st date for Ensign, 2nd for Lieut, 3rd for Capt.] George Canning THERRY ; 21 yrs serv. 1 Jan 1852; 23 Nov 1856; 30 July 1862 1874 - Capt. 105th regmt. of 14 St James sq., London Letter from John Edward Wallis to his wife "Feast of All Saints - Nov 1 1887 Hotel Beau Sejour, Ramle, Alexandrie ...Now for a bit of Genealogy for you, Miss Anna Maria de la Poer! You ought to be ashamed to have to be taught such things by a poor old Yorkshire Husband. Your Mrs Sherlock is the Sister of Sir Charles Nugent, of Ballygran Co Limerick (He was born in 1847, and is nothing to our dear old Sir Parssy (Percy) Nugent). Her name is Letitia Mary, and in 1865 she married Major Conolly of Green Park, Co Westmeath, who died in 1871, and she married in 1373, Thomas Thierric Sherlock, eldest son of David Sherlock, Serjeant at law, and M P (15 Harcourt St and Stillorgan Castle), the immediate relations of Sophy's father in law. ..." In the 1836 Dublin Directory, there is a Mrs. Therry at 7 Mountjoy, pl.
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| Born: , , New South Wales, Australia 20th Dec 1831 | Baptised: 1851
| | Died: London, , , England 13th Jul 1884 | Buried:
| | Family: Therry |
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