James John Fitzjames

1808 - 1843  (34 years)

• Name	James John Fitzjames
  Born	08 Dec 1808  [1]
  Christened	27 Apr 1811	St. James, Piccadilly, Westminster, London   [2]
  Died	07 Apr 1843	Drowned off Corunna in the Wreck of the Solway   [1]
  Person ID	I01397	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	1st Marquess Abercorn John James Hamilton,   b. 02 Jul 1756, London, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1818  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Frances Matilda Hawkins
  Family ID	F00423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Arabella Theresa Offley,   d. 07 Apr 1843, Drowned off Corunna in the Wreck of the Solway
  Married	14 Nov 1832	St. James, Piccadilly, Westminster, London   [3]
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Charterhouse Register: 1769-1872" by R.L. Arrowsmith, 1974: FITZJAMES, James John. B. 8 Dec 1808, s. of James John Fitzjames of London. Watkinson's, Sep. 1823-Oct. 1828. Schol. of St. John's, Camb. Entered Inner Temple 1834; called to Bar 1837. m. 1832, Arabella Theresa, widow of Charles Offley, of Upfield Lodge, Glos. and 2nd d. of Capt. Thomas Martin, E.I. Co's Service. Drowned off Corunna, with his wife and children, in the wreck of the Solway, 7 Apr 1843. --- Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900: Name: James John . Fitzjames College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Michs. 1828 More Information: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 20, 1828. S. of James John, Esq. [B. 1808, in London.] School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1828; Scholar. Re-adm. Feb. 19, 1841. Perhaps the man of these names mentioned in G. Mag., 1843, I. 84, as Lieut., appointed Commander and again, as Capt., appointed to the Clio; and on p. 195 as appointed to be arbitrator on part of Her Majesty of the mixed British and Portuguese Commission held at Jamaica under the Treaty concluded at Lisbon, July 3, 1842. Drowned 1843, in the steamer Solway, off Corunna. (List of Carthusians.)

  
  

• Sources

  "Charterhouse Register: 1769-1872" by R.L. Arrowsmith, 1974. [S00027] Scan of Original Baptism Record. [S00026] Scan of Original Marriage Record.