Maj John Russell Colquhoun COLVIN ¹

  General Notes:

!1871 Census: Dunton, Norfolk RG10/1850 F:8
43) Vicarage of Dunston
John R.C. Colvin Bd 12
Edith " Bd 11 Scholar East Indies
Elliot G. " Bd 9 " " "
Amy M. " Bd 6 " " "
Marian " Bd 6 " " ".

!The London Gazette 25th March 1884
India Office
The Queen has approved the following Admissions to the Staff Corps made by the Governments in India:
BENGAL STAFF CORPS
To be Lieutenants
Lieutenant John Russell Colquhoun Colvin, from the Northumberland Fusiliers. Date 1st November 1880, but to rank from 1st July 1881.

!Bengal Marriage Indexes 1874-1896 LDS:0498535
1884 V:190 F:89
Colvin, John R.C. to Jessie R. Webster.

!Marriage: IGI
6th October 1884 at Naini Tal, Bengal, India
Jessie Rosaline Webster, d/o Henry Binny Webster
John Russel Colquhoun Colvin s/o Bayett Wetenhall Colvin

!The London Gazette 17th October 1899
India Office
The Queen has approved of the following Promotions among the Officers of the Staff Corps, Indian Medical Service and Indian Army Departments, and Admissions to the Staff Corps made by the Government of India:
Indian Staff Corps
Captains to be Majors
Dated 13th August 1899
John Russell Colquhoun Colvin.

!1911 Census: Stanway, Essex RG14/10341
RG14PN10341 RG78PN546 RD199 SD2 ED5 SN70
Old House Farm, Stanway near Colchester
John Russell Colquhuon Colvin Hd M 53 Army Penioner, Indian Army, Lieut Col (Retired)
Naini Tal, N.W. Provinces, India
Amy Margaret " Ss M 45 Almora, " " "
George Kibble Sv M 56 General Servant, Dom. Ess : Halstead
Emily* " Sv M 55 " " " " : "
*Married 39 Years, 2 Children, 1 Living, 1 Dead.

John married Jessie Rosaline WEBSTER, daughter of Henry Binny WEBSTER and Ada (Adelaide) FITZROY, on 6 Oct 1884 in Naini Tal, Bengal, India. (Jessie Rosaline WEBSTER was born on 12 Apr 1861 in Muttra, Bengal, India, christened on 29 Apr 1861 in Muttra, Bengal, India and died in 1949 in Surrey, England.)