Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameJohn Peter Boileau 
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29Birth178729
Death183829
FatherSolomon (i) Boileau (1745-1810)
MotherDorothy Gladwell (ca1747-1789)
Spouses
Marriage182429
ChildrenThomas Theophilus
John Peter (vi) (1827-1828)
Charles Elliot (-1857)
Simeon Richard (-1840)
Lestock Alexander (-1853)
Notes for John Peter Boileau
From BBB:15
b in Dublin 1787. Bengal Horse Artillery, Cadet and Lt 19 Aug 1804. Joined at Muttra April 1805; Lt-Fireworker; took part in the pursuit of Colkar to the Punjab, Oct-Dec 1805. (A fireworker was trained in the use of rockets). To Java 1812, where the Horse Arty were attd to the Java Light Cavalry, but the force does not seem to have been actively engaged It seems he remained in Java for about two years, and may have been back in time to take part in the Nepal EWar; the records are confused with those of John Peter ii. Comd 1st Tp, Bengal Horse Arty, at the siege of Hathras, in the Doab Feb-Mar 1817, during the 3rd Mahratta War. The Horse Arty were commended in despatches. With the same unit in the Central Div of the Army, in the Pindari War 1817-18. To comd Nagpore Div of Arty 18823. Principal Dep Commissioner of Ordnance 1824. Went on leave to the Cape 1826. Therefater was comd brigades of Horse Arty in India. Capt 1815; Major 1821; Lt Col 1827; Brevet Col 1831.
He m at Meerut 31 Jul 1824, May dau of John Clarke, of Bauchor, Inverness; they had issue : Thomas Theophilus, John Peter vi; Charles Elliot, Simeon Richard, Lestock Alexander, Isabella Annie. He d 6 Mar 1838 at the Cape of Good Hope, having just arrived there on furlough.
b in Dublin 1787. Bengal Horse Artillery, Cadet and Lt 19 Aug 1804. Joined at Muttra April 1805; Lt-Fireworker; took part in the pursuit of Colkar to the Punjab, Oct-Dec 1805. (A fireworker was trained in the use of rockets). To Java 1812, where the Horse Arty were attd to the Java Light Cavalry, but the force does not seem to have been actively engaged It seems he remained in Java for about two years, and may have been back in time to take part in the Nepal EWar; the records are confused with those of John Peter ii. Comd 1st Tp, Bengal Horse Arty, at the siege of Hathras, in the Doab Feb-Mar 1817, during the 3rd Mahratta War. The Horse Arty were commended in despatches. With the same unit in the Central Div of the Army, in the Pindari War 1817-18. To comd Nagpore Div of Arty 18823. Principal Dep Commissioner of Ordnance 1824. Went on leave to the Cape 1826. Therefater was comd brigades of Horse Arty in India. Capt 1815; Major 1821; Lt Col 1827; Brevet Col 1831.
He m at Meerut 31 Jul 1824, May dau of John Clarke, of Bauchor, Inverness; they had issue : Thomas Theophilus, John Peter vi; Charles Elliot, Simeon Richard, Lestock Alexander, Isabella Annie. He d 6 Mar 1838 at the Cape of Good Hope, having just arrived there on furlough.