Major General; 1066687 Old Grey Friar's Parish record of birth, witness Wm and John Wood, Fm 14505 pt. 1099, 1792-1819. Was a Major General, lived at 62 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Had two sons that attended the Edinburgh Academy: Henry George Wadham Spens b. 1 Oct 1833, killed 23 June 1857 in battle, and Andrew Nathaniel Wadham Spens b. 25 Apr 1844 and married Martha Ellen James.
Nathaniel Spens entered Bengal army 1817; liet. 2 Bengal N.I. 27 Dec 1819; lieut, 74 N.I. 13 May 1825, major 4 Mar 1838 to 21 Dec 1844; lieut. col. of 14 N.I. 11 Nov 1854 to 1856; M.G. 18 Jul 1856, page 90 of micro fische.
daughter of Reverand Henry Diggle
1843-1846 Vlsdd 1-3, lived at 62 Great King Street; Addiscombe, 1850-2; Ensign
31st B.N. 1853, killed at taking of fort near Suagor, Bengal;
1881 Census, living in The Covens Elmbank House, Cumbrae, Bute,Scotland, occupation given as Domestic Servantpem Pension, age 35, unmarried
Age 57 in 1901 Census, single, born India, Calcutta, living on Perth Street in ? city;
In Medical Service of East India Company at Calcutta, widow, son and dau
mentioned in father's will Fm#498420, page 49; lately deceased at recording of birth of son Thomas John Hope, 12 May 1836, Old Grey Friar's Parish records, witnesses Andrew Wood (surgeon) and John Wood (writer) Fm 14505, pt. 1099,1792-1819.
St. Mary's Cemetery age 33 Assistant Surgeon H.C.S. and surgeon to the Gov-Generals
Frances (Fanny) Franklin O'Halloran
Daughter of Sir Joseph O'Halloran, K.C.B.
Officer; Killed in Indian Mutany; Batch # C119837 Source Call # 1066691 Address listed as Drummond Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, christened at St. Mary's Parish, Edinburgh, and recorded on the same day in Edinburgh Parish; IGI batch F#: 1760827
Manager of Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society, Glasgow, executor of
father's will, Edinburgh Parish births witnesses to baptism were Dr. Spens Sr. and Mr. Andrew Wood, surgeons, William lived in Glasgow in Govan Parish, age 30 in 1841 Census Barony Parish, Blythwood ED 37 p. 7, also three family servants named; age 53 in 1861 Census, Govan Parish, p.46 Gronby Terr, Village of Hillhead, born Edinburgh;
Death record, Registry House, Edinburgh,Scotland 1868, 646/2 #288
died 1901 testate and named her daughter Bethia Spens as executor in will, confirmation granted at Glasgow 3 May 1901; age 25 in 1841 Census, Barony Parish, Blythwood; age 49 in 1861 Census, Govan Parish, village of Hillhead, Gronby Terr; age 89 at time of death, 1901 Patrick, #260.
Death recorded FM 103401 Index #18, Batch #C119751 Source call # 1042940,
102920, 102921, 994181; Christened in Barony Parish, Lanark, Scotland 14 Jun
1840, age 1 in 1841 Census, Barony Parish, Blythwood ED # 37 page 7, Woodside Place;
Batch # C119673 source call #102922, 102923, 994182, 102927, 1042941;
Age 8 in 1861 Census of Govan, Larnarkshire page 46, Village of Hillhead, born Glasgow, scholar; Executor of mother's will in courtbooks of Lanark;
Age 48 in 1901 Census: head, single, born Glasgow Lancashire, Scotland
George Dunlop of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet;
Mary was referred to in her father's will as not being married, and without her name ("my three daughters") Batch # 7223828 Sheet 85 Source call# 822021, Edinburgh Parish births witnesses were Andrew and John wood; Mary was age 30 in 1841 Census, Great King Street ED 163 , St. Stephen's Parish, Edinburgh,living with her grandmother, Elizabeth Wood; See sister, Elizabeth's notes for more info. Death record of Mary Dunlap, widow of George Dunlap, writer to signet, Mary was given as dau of Thomas Spens, Doctor of Medicine, deceased and Bethia Wood, deceased;
James was a lieutenant in Corps of Engineers in service of East India Company,
Batch # 7409303, Sheet 23, source call# 934393, Edinburgh Parish births,
witness were William Wood, surgeon and John Wood, advocate. Attained rank of
Captain, was in Rectors class 5-6 in 1824-27. Served in Addiscombe in 1827 and
in R.E. (Bengal) 1828.
daughter of Col. Lionel J. Westropp, 58th Reg. Co. Cork Ireland;
a child, Pentelope Clarina Spens, was born Dec Quarter 1863 Rugby 6d 710
a granddaughter??, Vital records Index, British Isles, James Spens married penelope Clarina on 27 Nov 1849, recorded in: "Civil Regstration for Ireland."
Reverand;
Not married in 1841 census
!Batch # 7313414 Sheet 86 Source Call # 822829
Not witnesses listed in Old Grey Friar's Parish, age 20 in 1841 Census 1042788
685 (1) En. Dist #8, St Mary's Parish
Sister of Henry Mackenzie, author of "The Man of Feeling,"
Other children born to John McCleod are Mary McLeod, ch 26 Oct 1752 at Dyke; Norman MCLeod, chr 5 Mar 1754; Janet MCLeod, chr Mar 1754; all chr at Dyke, Moray,Scotland; found in Scottish Church records extracted from Film #990795;
John was the first son and heir, became a Baron 7 Oct 1796
4th Bart of Allenbank, page 226 of Parcharial register of Edinburgh, proclamations of banns for dau Frances to marry Col. James Spens;
see Playfair's Baronetage (1811) as to her "many virtues" and her "pious and examplary life."
Writer to Signet;
1841 Census Saint George Parish, Edinburgh, age 35, wife Jessie age 30, Elizabeth D age 4 months, Helen Lyall, Elizabeth Hunter, Marion Dickson, servants; Became a writer to the Signet in 1830;
Death recorded in Registry House, Edinburgh, age 64, 445 #39 Leuchars;
Death recorded in Leuchars Parish, 1869 #39; Batch # M119848, Source Call #
1066695, Batch # 7600722 Sheet 58, Source call # 1058119; age 35 in 1841 St.
George Edinburgh Census, not born in co. Given as Nathaniel James in IGI;
birth record; age 30 in 1841 Census St George Edinburgh, not born in Co, 58 in 1871 Census, St Stephen's Parish, #75, page 21, 7 Moray Place, 1881 Census, age 70, visiting sister, Elizabeth; Death given in 1889 in Convirmations and inventories A941P2s; death record gives Janet's parents as George Guild, landed Propriator, deceased and Elizabeth Lauder, deceased;
died testate, granted at Cupar, Fife, 21 Jun 1884;
age 4 months in 1841 Census, St. George Parish, Edinburgh;
Register of births and baptism 1841 Edinburgh, St. George Parish, #28 Walker Street;
died an infant; Register of births and baptisms, 1842
Batch 3 C119839, Source call # 1066692; Address at birth was #28 Walker
Street, St. George Parish, Edinbugh, Attended the Edinburgh Academy classes
1-5, 1854-59, Lt. 42nd Highs.; Ensign, 1862, Lt. 1866' died of cholera in India
Batch # C119841 Source Call # 1066692, OPR, St. George's Parish Births and
baptisms, St John's Episcopal Church 1845; Attended Edinburgh Academy
1854-59, and Woolwich; he entered the army June 1864 and was gazetted to ensigney in the 72nd Highlanders and served in Great Britain and Ireland; he obtained his lieutenancy by purchase in June 1868, In 1871 he left Ireland to go to India; Promoted to Captain in 1878, volunteered to lead a party of N.I. against overwhelming odds; died in battle. "His conduct was so conspicuously gallant that Lord Roberts who witnessed the affair and his sad death, stated in despatches that he gallantly sacrificed his life in devotion to duty, and that no man was more deserving of the V.C. had he lived." Confirmations and Inventories 1880 Q941P2s p. 663, died testate, granted in Edinburgh to John Alexander Spens of Glasgow, recorded 18 Aug 1880;
Present at death of father--informant N.J. Spens, son.
house built by Wiliam BurnCaptain Nathaniel James Spens - killed at Kabul - 14th December 1879 Third son of Nathaniel Spens, of Fife, and Janet Guild. He was born 3rd March 1845 and gazetted to the 72nd Highlanders in 1864. He was killed during the storming of the Asmai heights and buried at Sherpur, the pipers playing 'Lochaber no more' as he was lowered to his grave. Sir Frederick Roberts wrote to his family that had he lived he would have been recommended for the Victoria Cross.
Batch # C119841 Source Call # 1066692 Births and baptisms of St. George Parish
1849 by Rev of St. James Episcopal Chapel, niece of Hannah Moneypenny, born in
Edinburgh, 15 in 1871 Census, St. Stephen's Parish
Batch # C119842 Soruce Call # 10666693, OPR; Not with mother in 1871 census