Richard Lancaster
1771–
Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Richard
When Richard Lancaster was born on 12 May 1771, in Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Lancaster, was 50 and his mother, Mary Cook, was 49. He married Elizabeth Clevely on 18 July 1793.
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Family Time Line
Richard Lancaster
1771–
Elizabeth Clevely
1772–
Marriage: 18 July 1793
Spouse & Children
1771–Male
1772–Female
MARRIAGE
18 July 1793
18 July 1793
Parents & Siblings
1720–1780Male
1722–Female
siblings
(13)
- Candace Elaine Lancaster
1743–Female
1744–Male
1747–Female
1749–1826Male
- Thomas Lancaster
1750–Male
+8 More Children
World Events (7)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 30
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 37
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
Age 44
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, named in Old English as ‘Roman fort on the Lune’, from the Lune river, on which it stands, + Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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