Sir George Petre Wymer 1788

Gen. Sir George Petre Wymer 1788-1868
George was born on 19 August 1788, the son of George Wymer and Elizabeth Varlo, at Reepham, Norfolk.
Emily Crespigny Hindes 1813-1891
Emily was born about 1813, the daughter of Charles Fox Crespigny and Emily Hindes. The location of her birth is uncertain, but she was Christened in Suffolk, England
I have identified the following children.

Agness Maria	Born 7 Jan 1835	India	Died in Infancy
George Crespigny	Born ?	India	Died in Infancy
George Bannatyne	Born abt 1839	India	Married Florence Marion Bright Smith
Mary Emily	Born 19 Oct 1843	India	Married William Mitford
Reginald Augustus	Born 10 Feb 1849	London	Married Mary Louisa Alberta Elwon

Birth of Parents

George Petre Wymer

b: 19 Aug 1788 c: 25 Aug 1788 Reepham, Norfolk
son of George Wymer and Elizabeth Varlo

Emily Crespigny Hindes

b: abt 1813 c: 20 Apr 1813 St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
the daughter of Emily Hindes,[ and Charles Fox Crespigny ]

On 14 July 1830 Charles Fox Crespigny of Aldeburgh in Suffolk stood surety for a court-issued bond on behalf of Mrs Eliza Blundell and Miss Emily Hindes, sailing as passengers to Bengal. The so-called "fishing fleet" of Englishwomen seeking to marry a promising young man in the territory of British India was a well-known phenomenon of the nineteenth century Raj, and it appears that Charles Fox Crespigny had arranged for seventeen-year-old Emily to enter that marriage market. Eliza Blundell had married George Snow Blundell, an officer in the army of the East India Company, just one month before, and Charles Fox Crespigny was paying her fare in exchange for her assistance as a guardian and chaperone.

Marriage

1 Dec 1832
George Petre Wymer
Emily Crespigny Hindes

Neemuch, Bengal, India
Age 45
Age 20
Wit: George Snow Blundell, Captain in the Fifty-first Regiment of Native Infantry.

Children

Agness Maria Wymer

b:7 Jan 1835 c: 10 Aug 1835 Kurnaul, Bengal, India
daughter of George Petre Wymer and Emily Crespigny Hindes Died in Infancy

George Crespigny Wymer

No Date Oakover Cemetery, Simla, Himachal Pradesh,India
son of George Petre Wymer and Emily Crespigny Hindes Died in Infancy

George Bannatyne Wymer

b: abt 1839 c: 5 Jan 1840 Ferozepore, Bengal, India
son of General Sir George Petre Wymer, K.C.B., and Emily Crespigny Hindes,
of 74 Seymour Street, Portman Square, London

Mary Emily Wymer

b: 19 Oct 1843 c: 26 Nov 1843 Mussoorie, Bengal, India
daughter of George Petre Wymer and Emily Crespigny Hindes

Reginald Augustus Wymer

b: 10 Feb 1849 c: 11 May 1849 Bryanston Square St. Mary, Westminster
son of George Petre Wymer and Emily Crespigny Hindes, 16 Upper Berkley Street

1851 Census	HO107-1489	31 March 1851	St Mary, Marylebone, Middlersex
24 Upper Berkley Street
George P. Wymer Emily (Wife) Reginald Louisa Monet (Visitor) Plus 4 Servants	Age 62 Age 37 Age 2 Age 35	Colonel East India Co.	Marylebone	Norfolk Suffolk Middlesex India	19 Aug 1788 abt 1812 10 Feb 1849 abt 1815

1861 Census	RG9-657	8 April 1861	Ryde, Newchurch, County Durham
St. John's Lodge, St John's Road, East of Albert Street
George P. Wymer Emily (Dau) Reginald A. (Son) Plus 3 Servants	Age 70 Age 25 Age 12	Lt. Gen. Indian Army		Norfolk India (Brit Subj) London	19 Aug 1788 abt 1835 10 Feb 1849

1861 Census 29 Castle Street	RG9-745	8 April 1861	Reading St Mary, Berkshire
Sarah Butter (s) Sarah Butter (Mother)(W) Emily Wymer (Lodger)(M) Plus 2 Servants	Age 54 Age 79 Age 44	Lodging House Keeper Annuitant General Officer's Wife	Bishops Gate Shinfield N.K.	Middlesex Berkshire England	abt 1806 abt 1781 abt 1812

Death

Gen. Sir George Petre Wymer K.C.B.

Died 12 Aug 1868, Age 79, 1868 3Q Kensington 1a 42
Burial 18 Aug 1868, All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, Kensington and Chelsea

Aug 19, 1868 OBITUARY

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.

LONDON 29 Oct 1868 Probate

WYMER, Sir George Petre, K.C.B. - The Will of Sir George Petre Wymer, late of St. John's Lodge, Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, in the County of Southampton, and of 14 Craven-hill Gardens, Bayswater, in the County of MIddlesex, K.C.B. a General in Her Majesty's Army, deceased, who died 12 August 1868, at Craven-hill, Gardens, aforesaid, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the Oaths of Dame Emily Wymer, of St. John's Lodge, aforesaid, Widow, the Relict, and George Bannatyne Wymer, of St. John's Lodge, aforesaid, Esquire, a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, the Son, the Executors. Effects under £8,000

Illustrated London News, Saturday, Aug 29, 1868 Obituary of Eminent Persons

GENERAL SIR G. P. WYMER, K.C.B. Sir George Petre Wymer, K.C.B., of St. John's Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight, a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 107th Regiment, who died, on the 12th inst., at his residence, 14, Craven-hill gardens, Bayswater, was the son of George Wymer, Esq., of Reepham Norfolk, by his wife, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Colonel Varlo, of the Royal Marines. He was born Aug. 19, 1788, and was educated at North Walsham, Norfolk. He entered the military service of the Hon. East India Company in August, 1804. He served in Lord Lake's campaign of 1806, also throughout the Nepaul war in 1814-15, and was present at the attack and capture of the fortress of Nalaghur, and all the brilliant actions that ensued up to the surrender of the fortresses of Loorajeghur and Malown, and of the entire Goorkah army and the surrounding stockades. He, in 1840, joined the army under Sir William Nott, at Candahar, and was present during the investment of that city, for which, and

subsequent services, he received the thanks of the Governor-General of India, and was nominated a C.B. He was appointed a Brigadier, and to the command of the 1st brigade of the Candahar force, during which he was present at numerous gallant actions, in most of which he commanded. He had received war medals for Candahar, Ghuznee, and Cabul. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1812, and a K.C.B. in 1857; and had the order of the Dooranie Empire. Wymer became a Captain in 1818, a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1833, a Major-General in 1854, a Lieutenant-General in 1856, and a General Sept. 9, 1863. He was appointed Colonel of the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment Sept. 30, 1862. He married, in 1833, Emily, daughter of C. F. Crespigny, Esq., by whom he leaves two sons, George Bannatyne, a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, and Reginald Augustus, and Ensign in the 34th Regiment; and a daughter, Emily, married to W. Mitford, Esq.

MIDDLESEX 29 Oct 1868 Probate

WYMER, Sir George Petre K.C.B. - The WIll of Sir George Petre Wymer, late of St. John's Lodge, Ryde, In the Isle of Wight, in the County of Southampton, and of 14 Craven-Hill-gardens, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, K.C.B., a General in Her Majesty's Army, deceased, who died 12 August 1868, at 14 Craven-Hill-gardens, aforesaid, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the oaths of Dame Emily Wymer, of St. John's Lodge, aforesaid, Widow, the Relict, and George Bannatyne Wymer, of St. John's Lodge, aforesaid, Esquire, a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, the Son, the Executors. Effects Under £8,000

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1868 Vol 226

SIR G. P. WYMER One of the oldest of our Indian generals died recently at Bayswater, in his 80th year, Sir George Petre Wymer K.C.B., Colonel of the 107th Regiment. He entered the East India Company`s army in 1804, and served under Lord Lake in the campaign of 1805, and also in the Nepaul war of 1814-15. He also took an active part in the operations under General Sir Wm. Nott, at Candahar in 1840, and under Lord Keane, at Ghuznee. He was made a K.C.B. in 1857, and became full general in 1863.

1871 Census	RG10-100	3 April 1871	Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, London
29 Albemarle Street
Emily Wymer (Widow) Reginald Augustus (Son) Plus 1 Servant	Age 56 Age 22	Widow of General Officer Just left the Army	France London	(Brit. Subj.) Middlesex	abt 1812 abt 1848

1881 Census	RG11-16	4 April 1881	Paddington, London
11 Oxford Terrace
Edward Davies Esther (Wife) James B. Albertine Boult (Sis) Plus 2 Servants Emily Wymer (Widow) Plus 1 Servant	Age 41 Age 39 Age 4 Age 41 Age 68	Lodging House Keeper Annuitant	Bangor Warfield Paddington Warfield France	Denbighshire Berkshire Middlesex Berkshire (Brit. Subj.)	abt 1839 abt 1841 abt 1876 abt 1839 abt 1812

1891 Census	RG12-13	6 April 1891	St. John Paddington, London
74 Upper Seymour Street
Emily Wymer (Widow) Plus 1 Servant	Age 78	Living on own means	France	(Brit. Subj.)	abt 1812

Death

Emily (Hindes) Wymer

Died 21 May 1891, Age 78, 1891 2Q Paddington 1a 54

The Times, Saturday, May 23, 1891 Death

On the 21st inst., at 74, Seymour-street, Portman-square, of influenza, Emily,relict of the late Genl. Sir George Petre Wymer, K.C.B.

MIDDLESEX 23 Jun 1891 Probate

WYMER, Dame Emily - The Will with a Codicil, of Dame Emily Wymer, formerly of The Lodge, Ealing Green, but late of 74 Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, both in the County of Middlesex, Widow, who died 21 May 1891, at 74 Upper Seymour-street, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Reginald Augustus Wymer, of Ware, in the County of Hertford, Esquire, the Son, the sole Executor. Personal Estate £2,081 16s. 6d.,
Resworn January 1892 £2,626 16s. 6d.

SPECIAL THANKS to Anne Young, of Ballarat, Australia, Cheri Hamilton, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Jean French of Canberra, Australia, for many of the details provided above.