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William Henry Jamieson | |||||||||||
| Alister William Jamieson [CFT #4115] Born: 1847 Died: 1924 |
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| b India d Worthing, Sussex Col Alister's father was William Henry Jamieson (1807-1866). Because his parents were in India he spent his holidays with the Mackenzies in Glenmoriston or with his great grand parents, the Macbeans at Tomatin. He followed his father into the army, but had many other interests. He was a good linguist, even writing a Russian grammar having spent two leaves there. ("Line-Upon-Line Russian Reader by Colonel Jamieson") He founded an amateur dramatic company called The Star of India, and he was a fellow of the Geological Society and left a fine collection of flints and arrow heads to the Guildford Museum. According to Rosa Banks, his sister-in-law, as a subaltern, he came to pay the regulation call, which was supposed to last for twenty minutes, at which he was entertained by Rosa and her sister, Geraldine, A short while after another subaltern arrived, with a strange big moustache and a rather odd accent, They found out afterwards that it was the same man who had taken a fancy to Geraldine and wanted to have another look. Finally they were married. His last service to India was as Brigadier commanding the Residency District of Calcutta, where he got sunstroke which affected his eyes and he had to retire from the army. They left India and lived in Cheltenham and finally Worthing where he spent much time on the Downs hunting for fossils and arrow heads. |
1: 1876 Gerald Alister Jamiesonc W/C 2: Sheila Jamieson | ||||||||||
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