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About Katherine Seppings

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The Colonies – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ Nieces and Nephews: Bangalore, Bengal, Burma

Map of British Indian Empire 1909 Three of Edmund Henry Seppings’s brothers emigrated to India to find employment with the Hon East India Company and the British Indian Army. The days of warring with European rivals were over. Remaining idle … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ 2nd cousins – Lockyer side: Freestun

Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point by John Glover On the Lockyer side, Edmund Henry Seppings’ extended family branched, through marriage, into the Freestun family. Most of the Freestun boys joined the military, and William Freestun became a … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ 1st and 2nd cousins, once and twice removed – Milligen side

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Dacres GCH served on HMS Victory On the Milligen side, Edmund Henry Seppings’ extended family branched, through marriage, into the following families: Carroll, Dacres, Doughty, Olivier, and Rivett, which produced a number of notable second and once … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ 1st cousins once and twice removed – Seppings side

Massacre at Satichaura ghat, Cawnpore, India 1857. After the death of Cpt Edward James Seppings, there were no direct male Seppings descendants of Sir Robert’s. In the 1800s, Edmund Henry Seppings’ extended family branched, through marriage, into the following families: … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Lockyer side – Merewether family

Henry Alworth Merewether – Serjeant at Law. Solicitor General to the Queen 1832 On the Lockyer side, Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ aunt, Eliza Maria Lockyer (1791-1837), also known as Mary, married Henry Alworth Merewether (1780-1864) at St Werburgh, Wembury, Devon, … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Lockyer side

Thomas and Ann Lockyer of Wembury. Lt Edmund Henry Seppings was raised by his grandmother, Ann Lockyers On the Lockyer side of the family, Edmund Henry Seppings (1807-1858) had two aunts, seven uncles and 45 cousins. He was raised by … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Seppings side

Plymouth Dock seen from Mount Edgecomb, Devonshire, 1816, by J M W Turner (Tate Gallery) Lt Edmund Henry Seppings had four aunts on the Seppings side – Lydia, Mary, Helen and Elizabeth, and one uncle, Sir Robert Seppings. His aunts … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings and his siblings

Pax Britannica – British Empire 1886 The Age of Sail was a different experience for Lt Edmund Henry Seppings (1807-1858) and the men of his generation compared to that of his father and uncles’. Edmund Henry was born two years … Continue reading

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Seppings Coat of Arms

On 18 Feb 1825, the Kings of Arms, under Crown authority, granted and assigned a coat of arms and crest to Sir Robert Seppings, ‘to be borne and used for ever hereafter by him and his only brother Lt John … Continue reading

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The Age of Sail – Milligen, Seppings and Lockyer Military Men, England

HMS Sophie, the British 18-gun brig sloop (on right) under Captain Nicholas Lockyer’s command (1809-14) Born into the Age of Sail, Edmund Henry Seppings (1807-1858), the first Seppings to arrive and settle in Australia, was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. From … Continue reading

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