Beckwith, John Charles (1789–1862), army officer and missionary, was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 2 October 1789. He was the grandson of Major-General John Beckwith, and nephew of the generals Sir George and Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith. His father, like his four brothers, had held a commission in the ...
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Beckwith, John Charles (1789–1862), army officer and missionary
H. M. Stephens
revised by James Lunt
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Gardiner, Allen Francis (1794–1851)
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Allen Francis Gardiner (1794–1851) by unknown engraver, pubd 1857 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gardiner, Allen Francis (1794–1851), naval officer and missionary
G. C. Boase
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Gardiner, Allen Francis (1794–1851), naval officer and missionary, was the fifth son of Samuel Gardiner of Coombe Lodge, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Charles Boddam of Capel House, Bull's Cross, Enfield, Middlesex. He was born on 28 January 1794 in the parsonage house at ...
