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Charles Grant Becher

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Charles Grant Becher

Birth
India
Death
2 Apr 1859 (aged 48)
India
Burial
Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England Add to Map
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Father: Charles Becher 1777-1842
Mother: Charlotte Humphrays 1790-1816 Daughter of Richard Humphreys and Margaret Ursula Kiernan
Spouse: Married 1844 Henrietta MacDonald Gough Stedman1825-1890, daughter of Lt Col Sir Robert Adrian Stedman CB 1789-1849 and Anna Hennessey 1805-1875
Children: 1845- Elizabeth Trower, 1853-1942 Ada Louisa Henrietta, 1851-1904 Stanley Oswald, 1855-1862 Florence Frances, 1849-1913 Charlie Adrian Gough Becher
Father: Charles Becher 1777-1842
Mother: Charlotte Humphrays 1790-1816 Daughter of Richard Humphreys and Margaret Ursula Kiernan
Spouse: Married 1844 Henrietta MacDonald Gough Stedman1825-1890, daughter of Lt Col Sir Robert Adrian Stedman CB 1789-1849 and Anna Hennessey 1805-1875
Children: 1845- Elizabeth Trower, 1853-1942 Ada Louisa Henrietta, 1851-1904 Stanley Oswald, 1855-1862 Florence Frances, 1849-1913 Charlie Adrian Gough Becher

Inscription

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES GRANT BECHER, SON OF CHARLES BECHER ESQRE, LATE OF CHANCELLOR HOUSE IN THIS PARISH; LT COLONEL IN THE 8TH BENGAL CAVALRY, WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT INDORE,/ DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY;/ ON THE 2ND APRIL 1859, AGED 46 YEARS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS ELDEST SON CHARLES ADRIAN GOUGH BECHER, CAPTAIN 1ST KINGS DRAGOON GUARDS. ALSO TO HENRIETTA MACDONALD, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE./WHO DIED AT BRIGHTON 18TH JANUARY, 1890/ AGED 65 YEARS.
LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST GRANT THEM THY ETERNAL REST.

Gravesite Details

A white square tablet with a projecting top resting on a pair of corbels. All on a dark stone backboard.
On north wall of tower room. St Mary the Virgin Church Speldhurst Hill Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0NN England



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  • Created by: K Hash
  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207061158/charles_grant-becher: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Grant Becher (26 Jan 1811–2 Apr 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 207061158, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England; Maintained by K Hash (contributor 48878025).