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| GEORGE NEWMAN |
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| JOAN REID |
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| MR HUGH MASCARENHAS |
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
William Charles James 1889--1938
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OF MY DEVOTED HUSBAND, AND
OUR LOVING
DADDY
BORN 15-1-1889 DIED 5-1-1938
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QUICK AND SUDDEN WAS THE CALL,
HIS SUDDEN DEATH SURPRISED US ALL,
ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST CAN TELL
THE LOSS OF OUR LOVED ONE WITHOUT
A FAREWELL
(Stone with name broken, missing)
WILLIAM CHARLES JAMES
According to La Martiniere College, Lucknow
records William Charles James had served
on the staff of the institution for 21 years
as teacher, house master and scout master
among other positions.
I, the blogger, had heard of the tragic death
several time from my dad. I have since learnt that the College records did not mention that William was shot accidentally by his teenage son while hunting wildboar among the thickets on the vast grounds of the institution, probably on the other side of the lake. Then in 1970 or '71 Mr Patrick James came
to Lucknow from Tonga, where
as I recall it mentioned, he was
British High Commissioner. I was privileged to
meet him when he visited an old friend from the past where I was a visitor.
He was accompanied by his wife, a woman
of Polynesian descent...
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| Patrick James as a young man |
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Patrick could have been as young as 15 re: his father dying on the 5th Jan 1938 & buried on the 6th. Patrick's full baptism records isn't available on line at the moment.
I don't think I've heard of or read La Martiniere Record, so I must have come across this story somewhere else, but not recently. The James family is quite prominent in Lucknow and Allahabad, I wonder if they are related to you via Thomas William James and Elsie Kathleen Shepherd? I can't find Patrick named on La Martiniere Registers on FIBIS, though a parent, W. C. James appears in 1933, so this is likely to be Patrick. Mr. Malcolm Speirs photographed the registers of La Martiniere boys & girls, together with records from some local churches years ago, but his indexing is rather odd. Copies of the photographs can be obtained from him. He also photographed Patrick's baptism in 1922 and likely his sister, Barbara Olive James in 1924. I obtained some photographs re: the Anthony family a few years ago. Perhaps the College Archivist maybe able to find more information re: school registers, inquiry / coroners reports etc. I haven't found anything online re: Patrick being a High Commissioner in Tonga, which is a shame.  Researched by Susan Penn-Berkeley |
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