Stanhope Berehaven Taylor

Bef 1837 - 1857  (> 19 years)

• Name	Stanhope Berehaven Taylor  [1]
  Born	Bef 21 Jun 1837
  Christened	21 Jun 1837	Tunbridge Wells, Kent   [2]
  Died	08 Jun 1857	Jhansi, India   [3]
  Buried	Cantonment Cemetery, Jhansi   [4]
  Person ID	I00937	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	William Stanhope Taylor,   b. 02 Apr 1798,   d. 04 Apr 1858, Fairlawn House, Tunbridge-Wells, Kent  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sarah O'Brien
  Family ID	F00057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- Taken from "Eighteen Fifty Seven" by Surendra Nath Sen, 1957, Govt. of India, page 272: Captain Dunlop and other military officers still hoped to keep the rest of the troops steady and they slept in their lines. On the 6th, however, Bakshish Ali, the Jail Darogah joined the Mutiny with his guards and the sepoys not only shot Captain Dunlop, Lieutenant Turnbull, and Ensign Taylor but also two Havildars and a sepoy who had tried to protect the last named officer. Lieutenant Campbell of the 14th Cavalry was wouded but according to one account he managed to keep his seat and reached the fort. --- "A History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58" by George W. Forrest, page 6: Captain Dunlop spent the morning at the quarter-guard preparing shells for his intended assault on the Star Magazine. In the afternoon, as he was returning from the Post Office accompanied by Ensign Taylor*, he was saluted on nearing the parade by shots from some men of his regiment. Dunlop fell dead and Taylor severely wounded. "Two havildars and a sepoy hid the latter under a charpoy (bed), but to no purpose."** *The young lad had been with his brothers, and had made great haste to rejoin on the mutinies breaking out at other stations. He reached Jhansi a few days before he was slain. **"Written Deposition of a Native of Bengal." --- "Norfolk Chronicle" 12 Sep 1857, page 6 --- seen on FindMyPast.co.uk On the 8th of June, murdered by the mutineers at Jhansi, Central India, Ensign Stanhope B. Taylor, 12th Regt., Bengal Native Infantry, aged 20, third son of Wm. Stanhope Taylor, Esq., and Lady Sarah Taylor, Tunbridge Wells. --- "The Annual Register" Vol. 99, 1858, page 356 --- seen on Google Books DEATHS.--- INDIA Murdered at Jhansi, aged 28, Ensign Stanhope Berehaven Taylor, 12th Regt. B.N.I., third son of William Stanhope Taylor, esq., and Lady Sarah Taylor, Tunbridge Wells. --- "Bulletins and Other State Intelligence, Part 1" 1860, page 593 --- seen on Google Books Ensign Stanhope Berehaven Taylor, 12th N.I., June 5, killed at Jhansi. --- "Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser" 8 Sep 1857, page 4 --- seen on FindMyPast.co.uk On the 8th June, murdered by the mutineers at Jhansi, Central India, Ensign Stanhope Berehaven Taylor, 12th Regt. B.N.I., aged twenty-sx, third son of William Stanhope Taylor, Esq., and Lady Sarah Taylor, Tunbridge-wells.

  
  

• Sources

  EIC Cadet Application Papers. "England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906". "Norfolk Chronicle" 12 Sep 1857, page 6. http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?ID1245.