Richard Hanham

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Hanham was christened on 7 July 1805, in Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Hanham, was 26 and his mother, Anne Bennett, was 29.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Hanham
1780–
Anne Bennett
1776–1807
Richard Hanham
1805–
Betsey Hanham
1807–

Sources (2)

  • Richard Hanham, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936"
  • Richard Hanham, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936"

World Events (3)

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.

Name Meaning

English: see Hannam .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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