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Major-General John Bellasis (16 July 1743 – 11 February 1808) was a British officer who was commanding the forces at Bombay.

Early life

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Bellasis was born on 16 July 1743 at Long Marton, Eden District, Cumbria. He was a son of Joseph Bellasis (1691–1766) and Margaret (née Hill) Bellasis (d. 1787).[1] His elder brother, the Rev. George Bellasis, rector of Yattendon, Berkshire, was father to Gen. Joseph Harvey Bellasis of the Indian Army.[2]

Career

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Bellasis first went to India in 1763.[3] He began his military service with the East India Company in 1769 and eventually became Major-General commanding the British forces at Bombay.[4]

Personal life

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On 3 June 1776, Bellasis was married to Ann Martha Hutchins, daughter of John Hutchins and Anne (née Stephens) Hutchins (a daughter of Thomas Stephens, rector of Pimperne, Dorset). Before her death in Bombay in 1797,[5] they lived at Randall Lodge and were the parents of one daughter and five sons, including:[6]

  • Helen Hutchins Bellasis (1777–1840),[7] who married Henry Fawcett, MP for Grampound and Carlisle, in 1794. After his death in 1816, she married Barrington Tristram.[8][9]
  • George Hutchins Bellasis (1778–1822), a noted amateur artist;[10] he married Charlotte Maude, youngest daughter of Joseph Maude, of Kendal, in 1805.[2]
  • Daniel Hutchins Bellasis (1785–1836), a Colonel of Infantry in the Bombay Army; he married Mary Tadman, a daughter of Lance Tadman of New House, Gravesend, Kent.[11]
  • John Hutchins Belasis (1792–1837), who married Ellen Maria Ashman.

He died, suddenly, in Bombay on 11 February 1808 at age 64.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Steve (29 August 2023). King George's Army - British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: Volume 1: Administration and Cavalry. Helion and Company. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-80451-601-0. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive: George Hutchins Bellasis - Biography". www.mq.edu.au. Macquarie University. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ Forrest, Denys Mostyn (1979). The Oriental: Life Story of a West End Club. Batsford. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-7134-2149-1. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  4. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bellasis, Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ "Hutchins, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  6. ^ "REV. JOHN HUTCHINS – The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset". www.opcdorset.org. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  7. ^ Gunther, Robert Theodore; Günther, Amy Neville Rolfe (1914). Rolfe Family Records: Volume II. p. 205. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  8. ^ Nichols, John (1812). Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Account of the gentlemen's society at Spalding. History of the Peterborough society. Letters on the origin of the Society of antiquaries. Memoirs. p. 420. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  9. ^ Architectural Drawings: An Exhibition of 18th and 19th Century British and Continental Architectural Drawings, Topographical Watercolours and Interiors : October 28 to November 21, 1987 at Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York City. Clarendon Gallery. 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  10. ^ "George Hutchins Bellasis". artcollection.dcms.gov.uk. Government Art Collection. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Andrew Geddes, A.R.A. (1783-1844) Portrait of Flora Bellasis, three-quarter-length, in Indian Parsi dress". www.christies.com. Christie's. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  12. ^ Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. Vol. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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