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william [2020/03/22 21:37] – [William Augustus Murray Prior] judith | william [2020/03/22 21:50] – [William's Art] judith | ||
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William was also an artist who studied under [[wp> | William was also an artist who studied under [[wp> | ||
- | \\ | + | William died at Portsmouth from a gunshot wound on 5 February 1844 – presumably an accident when training. He was buried in the Portsmouth Garrison Cemetery. When listing his family, his brother consistently TLM-P wrote that William died aged 22 years, 2 months and 18 days old – a precision which suggests profound grief.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry; TLM-P, genealogical notes in John & John B. Burke, //A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: M to Z//, London: Henry Colburn Publisher, 1846.)) Five years later, TLM-P and his wife named their second son William Augustus: sadly this [[matilda_m-p_and_her_children|William]] soon died.((J. Godden) recollects her mother complaining that she wanted to call her son William but was told by her mother-in-law not to as it was unlucky - all William M-Ps died; she then thought of the name ' |
- | William died at Portsmouth from a gunshot wound on 5 February 1844 – presumably an accident when training. He was buried in the Portsmouth Garrison Cemetery. When listing his family, his brother consistently TLM-P wrote that William died aged 22 years, 2 months and 18 days old – a precision which suggests profound grief.((((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry; TLM-P, genealogical notes in John & John B. Burke, //A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: M to Z//, London: Henry Colburn Publisher, 1846.)) Five years later, TLM-P and his wife named their second son William Augustus: sadly this [[matilda_m-p_and_her_children|William]] soon died.((I (J. Godden) recollects her mother complaining that she wanted to call her son William but was told by her mother-in-law not to as it was unlucky - all William M-Ps died; she then thought of the name ' | + | |
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In addition, in his will, TLM-P left his daughter Rosa Praed, a ' | In addition, in his will, TLM-P left his daughter Rosa Praed, a ' | ||
- | To DO: 1837 diary of W.H. Prior part of diaries donated to ML? | + | ((To DO: 1837 diary of W.A. Prior part of diaries donated to ML?)) |