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Boden, Joseph (d. 1811), army officer in the East India Company and benefactor  

H. M. Chichester

revised by Philip Carter

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Boden, Joseph (d. 1811), army officer in the East India Company and benefactor, details of whose birth and parentage are unknown, was appointed lieutenant in the Bombay native infantry on 24 November 1781. He became captain on 25 October 1796, major on 12 October 1802, and lieutenant-colonel on 21 May 1806. His name was borne at various times on the rolls of the ...

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Mauny [Manny], Sir Walter (c. 1310–1372), soldier and founder of the London Charterhouse  

Jonathan Sumption

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Mauny [Manny], Sir Walter (c. 1310–1372), soldier and founder of the London Charterhouse, was the fourth of five sons of Jean le Borgne, lord of Masny in the imperial county of Hainault, and Jeanne de Jenlain. The brothers probably passed their youth in the household of ...