Charles Robert Prinsep

Male 1789 - 1864  (75 years)


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  • Name Charles Robert Prinsep 
    Born 28 Mar 1789  Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Freeman of the City of London (by redemption in the Company of Skinners) 
    Census 1861  2 Church Street, Walton-on-Thames Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 13 Jul 1864  Principal Registry Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 

    Father John Prinsep,   b. 23 Apr 1746, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1831, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Sophia Elizabeth Auriol,   b. 20 Mar 1760,   d. Mar 1850, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1782  India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F744  Group Sheet

    Family Louisa Anne White,   b. 1820,   d. 1853  (Age 33 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charles James Prinsep,   b. c.1840, Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Henry Charles Prinsep,   b. 5 Sep 1844, Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1922, Busselton, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Annie Mary Prinsep,   b. 1847 or 1848, Calcutta, East India Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Louisa Sophia Prinsep,   b. 1850 or 1851, Calcutta, East India Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary Emily Princep,   b. 16 Feb 1853, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1931, Freshwater, Isle of Wight Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. James Charles Prinsep,   b. 1854 or 1855, Calcutta, East India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1937  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2013 
    Family ID F743  Group Sheet


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