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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

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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