Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameJohn Peter (ii) Boileau 
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29Birth179029
FatherJohn Theophilus (i) Boileau (1755-1817)
MotherJane Wilson
Notes for John Peter (ii) Boileau
From BBB:15
b in Dublin, 10 Mar 1790. Cadet EICS, 1804; arrived in India, Sep 1805. Ensign, Bengal Native Inf. Served with Col Ochterlony's det in the Punjab, 1809. Appt to comd escort of Major Paris Bradshaw, Nepal Border, 1814. Svd in Nepal War, 1814-15. In an action on 24/25 Nov 1814 in which he greatly distinguished himself, receiving a deep sabre cut in the face, and slaying his opponent with the help of a sepoy, he was mentioned in despatches for gallantry, and presented with a sword by Dublin Corporation in recognition of his exploit.
In 1816 he was appointed to assist Maj Gen Ochterlony, the victorious British Comd in the now completed Nepal War and Agent to the Governor-General on the Frontier, in the Political Dept, on account of his local knowledge and experience. For an account of how he became acting Resident in Nepal as a young officer and completely established the confidence of the Nepalese, see Section II, 'Nepal, 1814-18' et seq. Evidently an officer of exceptional quality, both as soldier and administrator, he might have gone far, if he had not unfortunately died of penumonia at Patna, whilst on leave on 1st Dec 1818. He was unmarried.
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I note that, on the back of the painting of John Peter (ii) (included in the multimedia section, and sent to me in 2014 by Paulina Emma van Rijn) it says that he was killed, sword in hand. Hmmm…. well, this doesn’t exactly agree with the pneumonia story in BBB. Personally, I suspect the pneumonia story is the true one, but “killed, sword in hand” sounded better on a painting.
b in Dublin, 10 Mar 1790. Cadet EICS, 1804; arrived in India, Sep 1805. Ensign, Bengal Native Inf. Served with Col Ochterlony's det in the Punjab, 1809. Appt to comd escort of Major Paris Bradshaw, Nepal Border, 1814. Svd in Nepal War, 1814-15. In an action on 24/25 Nov 1814 in which he greatly distinguished himself, receiving a deep sabre cut in the face, and slaying his opponent with the help of a sepoy, he was mentioned in despatches for gallantry, and presented with a sword by Dublin Corporation in recognition of his exploit.
In 1816 he was appointed to assist Maj Gen Ochterlony, the victorious British Comd in the now completed Nepal War and Agent to the Governor-General on the Frontier, in the Political Dept, on account of his local knowledge and experience. For an account of how he became acting Resident in Nepal as a young officer and completely established the confidence of the Nepalese, see Section II, 'Nepal, 1814-18' et seq. Evidently an officer of exceptional quality, both as soldier and administrator, he might have gone far, if he had not unfortunately died of penumonia at Patna, whilst on leave on 1st Dec 1818. He was unmarried.
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I note that, on the back of the painting of John Peter (ii) (included in the multimedia section, and sent to me in 2014 by Paulina Emma van Rijn) it says that he was killed, sword in hand. Hmmm…. well, this doesn’t exactly agree with the pneumonia story in BBB. Personally, I suspect the pneumonia story is the true one, but “killed, sword in hand” sounded better on a painting.