Mark Singleton

Mark Singleton

Male 1762 - 1840  (78 years)

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  • Name Mark Singleton 
    Born 1762 
    Died 17 Jul 1840 
    Buried 27 Jul 1840  Kensal Green (All Souls' Cemetery), London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I02013  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Wife Mary Cornwallis,   b. 28 Jun 1769,   d. 26 May 1857, 37 Curzon St., London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Nov 1785  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- "Windsor and Eton Express" 18 Jul 1840, page 4:
      Sudden Death. -- Yesterday morning Sir Mark Singleton, who was staying at Sunninghill Wells for the benefit of his health, suddenly expired. An inquest has since been held on the body, and a verdict returned of "Died by the visitation of God."

      --- "Morning Chronicle" 21 Jul 1840, page 5:
      Sir Mark Singleton, who had been sojourning at Sunning-hill, where he has lately taken up his residence for the restoration of his health, was suddenly seized with illness on the morning of Friday last, and in the course of a few minutes he was a corpse.

      --- "Globe" 22 Jul 1840, page 3:
      The late Mark Singleton, Esq., whose sudden demise, at Sunninghill, we announced on Monday, was son-in-law of the celebrated Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis, Governor-General of India, having married his lordship's only surviving daughter, Lady Mary Cornwallis, November, 1785. Mr. Singleton, who formerly held the office of storekeeper of the ordnance and other official appointments, was in his 79th year.

      --- "Reading Mercury" 25 Jul 1840, page 3:
      On Friday, an inquest was held . . . at the Wells Inn, on the body of Sir Mark Singleton, who had been staying there for the benefit of his health, but had died suddenly. Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God."

  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Burial Record.