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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.

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