Brief Life History of Robert James
When Robert James Mackintosh Esq. - Colonial Governor was born on 22 December 1806, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, his father, Sir James Mackintosh 12th and last of Kyllachie, was 41 and his mother, Catherine Kitty Allen, was 41. He married Mary Appleton on 26 December 1839, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 25 April 1864, in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57, and was buried in Brompton Cemetery, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert James Mackintosh in household of George Frederick Louisa Nicolay, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Robert James Mackintosh, "United Kingdom, British India Office, Births and Baptisms, 1712-1965"
- Robert James Mackintosh, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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Scottish: variant of McIntosh .
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