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Birthca Feb 1847, Bolelea, Hants
Deathca Feb 1894, Paddington district, London
General1881: retired from army (aged 34?).
FatherMajor John Charlewood (1808-1890)
MotherCatherine Monkland (1816-ca1904)
Notes for Charles Benjamin Charlewood
He was first found in the 1881 census with his parents, aged 34 and born in Bolelea(?), Hants, then his birth index:

First name(s) CHARLES BENJAMIN
Last name CHARLEWOOD
Birth year 1847
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District LYMINGTON
County Hampshire
Country England
Volume 8
Page 183
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006

(Note that there was another record for a Charles Benjamin birth in 1842 in Alverstoke, Hants. Probably the son of Edward Philips Charlewood, whose wife was Sarah in the 1851 census which included this Charles.)
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He was also found as a boarder at a boarder at a small school in Bath in the 1861 census, born in Symington, Hants and aged 14.

No record has been found for his marriage, so we don’t know who the mother of his son Charles is.  Though son’s birth hwas registered so that will give her name.

His death:

Surname   First name(s)   Age   District   Vol  Page
Deaths Mar 1894   (>99%)
Charlewood Charles B 47 Paddington 1a 28
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His second name is Benjamin, as named in the list of executors for his aunt Mary Georginana Cockell in the London Gazette of 22 April 1892.
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London Gazette entry:

On 19 Dec 1865: “30th Foot, Charles Benjamin Charlewood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice W H Lee transferred to the 65th Foot.  Dated 19th December 1865:
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The Evening Standard of 14 Mar 1870 had the following announcement: “CHARLWOOD-Jan 21, at the Cape, Charles Benjamin Charlewood, aged 27”  Who was he?
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Last Modified 6 Dec 2015Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
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