1789 - 1864 (75 years)
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Name |
Charles Robert Prinsep |
Born |
28 Mar 1789 |
Westminster, London |
Christened |
29 Apr 1790 |
Gender |
Male |
Career |
1818: Published An Essay on Money
1821: Translated A Treatise on Political Economy by Jean-Baptiste Say (later published in 1880 (Philadelphia) and became one of the most widely used textbooks in the United States
1838: Purchased the Belvedere Estate in western Australia to breed cavalry mounts for the Indian Army
1852 - 1855: Advocate-general of Bengal
1855: Returned to England; Lincoln's Inn barrister and economist, standing counsel to the East India Co. Govt. and acting advocate-general of Bengal; he subsequently invested in estates in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and Belvedere, western Australia. |
Awards |
9 Mar 1819 |
London |
Freeman of the City of London (by redemption in the Company of Skinners) |
Census |
1861 |
2 Church Street, Walton-on-Thames |
Chas. Robt. Prinsep, Head, Widr, 71, Late Advocate General in Calcutta Hindustan, Middx Westminster
Annia Mary Princep, Daur, 13, Calcutta East India
Louisa Sophia Prinsep, Daur, 10, Calcutta East India
Mary Emily Prinsep, Daur, 7, Calcutta East India
James Chas. Prinsep, Son, 6, Calcutta East India
+ Governess and 4 servants |
Died |
8 Jun 1864 |
Rothbury House, Chiswick Mall, Chiswick, London |
Probate |
13 Jul 1864 |
Principal Registry |
PRINSEP Charles Robert Esq. The Will with three Codicils of Charles Robert Princep formerly of Surbiton in the County of Surrey but late of Rothbury House Chiswick Mall in the County of Middlesex Esquire deceased who died 8 June 1864 at Rothbury House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Henry Thoby Prinsep of Little Holland House Kensington in the said County of Middlesex Esquire and William Prinsep of Albury near Guildford in the said County of Surrey Esquire the Brother and Henry White of Lentran in the County of Inverness in North Britain three of the surviving Executors. Effects under £3,000. |
Probate |
22 Nov 1937 |
London |
PRINSEP James Charles of 5 Sloane-court Chelsea Middlesex died 2 October 1937 Probate London 22 November to Mary Cicely Caroline Prisep widow Venetia Mary Juliet Inglefield (wife of captain Valentine Erskine Inglefield) and Morrice Alfred Edwards solicitor. Effects £78633 16s. |
Person ID |
I13431 |
Simpson & Elder |
Last Modified |
13 Sep 2013 |
Family |
Louisa Anne White, b. 1820, d. 1853 (Age 33 years) |
Children |
| 1. Charles James Prinsep, b. c.1840, Calcutta, India |
| 2. Henry Charles Prinsep, b. 5 Sep 1844, Calcutta, India , d. 20 Jul 1922, Busselton, Western Australia (Age 77 years) |
| 3. Annie Mary Prinsep, b. 1847 or 1848, Calcutta, East India |
| 4. Louisa Sophia Prinsep, b. 1850 or 1851, Calcutta, East India |
| 5. Mary Emily Princep, b. 16 Feb 1853, Madras, India , d. 19 Jul 1931, Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Age 78 years) |
+ | 6. James Charles Prinsep, b. 1854 or 1855, Calcutta, East India , d. 2 Oct 1937 (Age 82 years) |
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Last Modified |
27 Aug 2013 |
Family ID |
F743 |
Group Sheet |
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