Family/Spouse: Saunders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James was barrack master at Fort William, Bengal, India

James married Jane Margaret Hall on 27 Dec 1829 in Calcutta, Bengal, India. Jane (daughter of Major Thomas Hall and Ellen (Eleanor) du Bois) was born in 1808 in Bareilly, India; died on 4 Feb 1891 in Camberwell, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LIEUT-COLONEL MACLEAN. November 24th, at Ardgour, N.B., aged 90, Alexander Maclean, Esq., of Ardgour.? He was formerly a lieutenant in 2nd battalion of the Royals, which he entered in 1780, but afterwards exchanged into the 63rd Foot. He subsequently became captain and major in the 8th Light Dragoons, and was for many years lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd Argyll militia. In 1795, he married a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, by whom he had two daughters and twelve sons; no less than seven of the latter embraced the military profession. The Gentleman's Magazine states that Colonel Maclean was "guardian to the present Marquis of Dalhousie;" but this can scarcely have been the case, as his lordship was already of age long before the death of his father, the late earl, in 1838.

Died:
? November 24th, at Ardgour, N.B.
See obituary in notes

Alexander married Lady Margaret Hope on 10 Jul 1793. Margaret (daughter of John (2nd Earl of Hopetoun) Hope and Elizabeth (of Leven) Leslie) was born on 24 Jun 1772 in South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 16 Sep 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Peerage shows Margaret as daughter of fathers first wife Anne Ogilvy.-Ed.

Notes:

The son of a wealthy London attorney.
In 1797 he entered the service of the Bengal Army

In 1814 a Captain Thomas Hall of the Bengal Army published a book of poetry, Songs and Occasional Poems on Various Subjects. The book gives us no clues as to whether the writer was 'our' Thomas Hall, but in the official records of Bengal officers there is only one Thomas Hall with the rank of captain in 1814. The poems are about subjects familiar to all officers of the East India Company, such as smoking, drinking, boredom, and mosquitoes.
Thomas Hall never fully acclimatised to life in India. From as early as 1800 he took lengthy periods of sick leave. No hints are given about the cause of his sufferings, but one possibility is malaria. After a series of furloughs starting in 1811, he returned to duty in 1816 with the recommendation 'in consequence of his severe sufferings, that he be only employed in a manner the least likely to affect the impaired state of his health'. In 1820/1821, newly promoted to major, he was officially put on the Bengal Army's invalid register and appointed as commander of the Bareilly Provincial Regiment, presumably considered a light duty. But before taking up this new appointment he was allowed to spend six months in Mauritius for the sake of his health. In 1830 he spent yet another six months in Mauritius, accompanied by his daughter Ellen and grandson John, then aged three. In April 1831 he was given eight months leave to go to the military sanatorium near Mussoorie, a recently founded British settlement in the bracing climate of the Himalayan foothills. In 1832, finally, he left India for Europe, never to return, and two years later he retired.
Research by: Beth Baxter, 13 June 2015

Birth:
born 1777 or 1778

Thomas married Ellen (Eleanor) du Bois in Mar 1803 in Fatehgarh (Futtyghur), northern India. Ellen (daughter of Ambrose Harvey Simpson du Bois and Mary) was born about 1790 in India; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of an East India Company officer

Birth:
Born in northern India

Hugh married Elizabeth Houston in 1763. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander (of Jordanhill) Houston and Elizabeth Rae) was born about 1744; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (7 September 1704 ? 12 February 1781) was the son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone.
He married, firstly, Anne Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater and Lady Elizabeth Hay, on 14 September 1733.
Children by first marriage
Elizabeth Hope (born 1739 - died 7 April 1756)
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (born 23 August 1741 - died 29 May 1817)
Sophia Hope (born 1759 - died 8 March 1813)

He married, secondly, Jane Oliphant (died 16 March 1767), daughter of Robert Oliphant, on 30 October 1762.
Children by second marriage
Jane Hope (died 9 June 1829)
General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (born 17 August 1765 - died 27 August 1823)

He married, thirdly, Lady Elizabeth Leslie (died 10 April 1788), daughter of Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven and Elizabeth Monypenny, on 10 June 1767.
John Hope succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hopetoun in 1742. In 1747 he was appointed Curator Bonis (Trustee in Lunacy) for his half-uncle, the 4th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell.
Children from third marriage
General Charles Hope (born 16 October 1768 - died 1 July 1828)
General Sir Alexander Hope (born 2 December 1769 - died 19 May 1837)
Charlotte Hope (born 1778 - died ????)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hope,_2nd_Earl_of_Hopetoun]

John married Elizabeth (of Leven) Leslie on 10 Jun 1767. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville and Elizabeth (of Pitmilly) Monypenny) was born in Jul 1737; died on 10 Apr 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
He was lost at sea in the East Indiaman 'Glory'

Ambrose + Mary. Mary was born about 1768; died in 1791 in India; was buried in Barrackpore, Begal, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Simpson's first wife Mary died in 1791. According to her gravestone in Barrackpore she was only 23 but had given birth to seven children. Five daughters - Mary, Jane, Anna, Eliza and Eleanor (Ellen) - are attested by the East India Company's official records or by announcements in Calcutta periodicals. Four of them married EIC military officers.

Notes:

Married:
In 1805, shortly after the last-recorded marriage of a daughter, he married a Miss Bathia Campbell.