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| WHISH, CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN. Adm. pens. (age 19) at CAIUS, May 27, 1846. S. of Major-General [Sir] William, C.B., the Bengal Horse Artillery. B. Jan. 5, 1827, at Meerut. School, Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs. 1846. Went to Australia and India ; then entered the Madras Army. Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons, 1851; Lieut., 1853. Served in the Persian War, 1857. Resigned, 1861, and returned to Australia . Married Annie, dau. of R. D. Ker, of Clifton. Drowned, Feb. 28, 1890, with his wife, in the wreck of the S.S. 'Quetta' in the Torres Straits, on his way home from Brisbane. ( Chel??enham Coll. Reg.; Venn, II. 276.) | Claudius Buchanan WHISH Approx. lifespan: 1827–1890 pens. aged 19 Gonville & Caius College adm1846:05:27 s. of Major-General: [Sir] William, C.B., Bengal Horse Artillery. b. Meerut, [India], 1827:01:05 Sch: Cheltenham College Cheltenham, [Gloucestershire], Matric 1846:10MT: Went to Australia , and India , ; then entered Madras Army Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 1851 Lieutenant: 1853 Served in the Persian War Persian, [Persia], 1857 . resigned1861 and returned to Australia , m. Annie KER dau. of R. D. KER of Clifton, [Somerset], d.; d. drowned 1890:02:28 with his wife, in the wreck of the S.S. 'Quetta' in the Torres Straits, [Australia], on his way home from Brisbane, [Australia], ( Cheltenham College Reg.; Venn II. 276) |