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Birth3 Dec 1827, Merrion Sq St, Dublin, Ireland
Baptism19 Mar 1828, St Peter’s church, Dublin, Ireland
Death28 Mar 1879, Slain in Hlobane Mountain, Zululand
General2nd s. In 98th Regt.
FatherJohn Hamilton (1798-1847)
Notes for Capt Thomas Rice Hamilton
His birth index:

Name THOMAS RICE HAMILTON
Date of Birth 3 December 1827
Address MERRION SQUARE ST
Father JOHN HAMILTON
Mother ELIZABETH CATHERINE
About the record
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier
N/R 33 290 DU-CI-BA-191569
The church register page containing this record has not yet been imaged.
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And the baptism details:

Area - DUBLIN (COI) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. PETER

Baptism of THOMAS RICE HAMILTON of MERRION SQUARE ST on 19 March 1828
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In 1841 he was a pupil aged 13 at a boarding school in Carter Street, Crewkerne, Somerset.

Not found in any subsequent census.
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The following have been found on Family Search to come from probate records in Pretoria, South Africa, and with very many thanks to Alta le Roux for passing on this gem of a find:

Film # 007805602,  Images 740 to 741

Page 1,

No: 19620
Distrikt: Pretoria
BOEDEL VAN WIJLEN
Thomas Rice Hamilton
Captain Tr Rangers

Page 2,

(Glued on the L/H side)  No DEATH NOTICE FOUND

(on the page on the right)

From the Superintendent of Volunteers Pretoria

To the Orphan Master, Pretoria

Pretoria
25th June 1879

I have to report that Captain Thomas Rice Hamilton of the Transvaal (?) Rangers was killed in action at Hlobane Mountain on the 28th March 1879

A Saunders Capt
80th Regt
Supt of Volunteers

End of extract


Family Search’s citation is: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-...6NX-T9R%3A1590242410 : 21 August 2017), 007805602 > image 740 of 842; citing Master of the High Court, Pretoria.
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Notes for Thomas Rice & Anne (Family)
Their marriage transcript;

First name(s) Thomas Rice
Last name Hamilton
Marriage year 1853
Marriage date 21 Apr 1853
Spouse's first name Anne
Spouse's last name Baumback
Presidency Bombay
Groom's father's first name John
Groom's father's last name Hamilton
Bride's father's first name George
Bride's father's last name Baumback
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948, :
Archive reference N-3-27
Folio number 128
Record set British India Office Marriages
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The image provides the additional data:

His job: Lieutenant in H.M. 8th Regt.
Place:   Malcolm Peth
Residences: Both living in Malcolm Peth
Banns of Lic: By Licence
Witnesses: J R Hadow, M C Holmes Captn, Pauline Pawell, Adselaide Andrew
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Last Modified 20 Nov 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220