KIRKPATRICK Colonel,later Maj.General James, "The Handsome",Commander of Horse, the Madras Army
Male 1731 - 1818


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  • Prefix  Colonel,later Maj.General 
    Suffix  "The Handsome",Commander of Horse, the Madras Army 
    Birth  1731 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  28 Mar 1818  Hollydale, Keston Common, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref:Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 3 ,page 246
    Person ID  I8362  Kirkpatrick Family Archives
    Last Modified  12 May 2013 

    Father  KIRKPATRICK Dr. James, ,M.D,FRS,of South Carolina and Hollydale,Kent,   b. Abt 1690, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1770, Hollydale, Keston Common, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  HEPWORTH Elizabeth, ,of Charles Town,South Carolina,   b. Abt 1705, South Carolina , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  4 May 1727  Charles Town, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F5844  Group Sheet

    Family 1  BOOTH Mrs,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. KIRKPATRICK Major General William, ,the Orientalist,of the East India Company,   b. 1756, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1812, Exeter, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  05 Apr 2013 
    Family ID  F2892  Group Sheet

    Family 2  MUNRO Catherine, ,daughter of Andrew Munro, of the Madras Hospital,   b. 1744,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  1762  Madras , India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • James arrived in India in 1760 ,later marrying Catherine.They returned to England in 1779 and settled at Holydale, Keston, near Bromley, in Kent.
    Children 
     1. KIRKPATRICK George, of the HEICS Bombay,and Hollydale, Kent,   b. 2 Jun 1762, Madras , India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1838, Hollydale, Keston Common, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. KIRKPATRICK Lieut.-Colonel James Achilles, of the Madras Military Establishment,   b. 1764, Madras , India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1805, transit from Hyderabad to Calcutta by boat Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. KIRKPATRICK Georgiana,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  05 Apr 2013 
    Family ID  F2897  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Colonel James Kirkpatrick,"The Handsome" is somewhat of an enigma,for although his life and story are fairly well documented , his ancestry is somewhat vague.

      James is thought to have left South Carolina,and settled in HollyDale ,Kent ,with his father ,prior to entering the HEICS.
      Colonel James Kirkpatrick was the author of a pamphlet on the ' Organization of a Body of Light Troops for Detached Service in the East Indies' (London, 1769, 2nd edit. 1781), and in a critical notice of that work is described as ' a cavalry leader of experience' [Monthly Review, 1769).
      He was in command of the troops at Fort Marlborough, Sumatra, in 1777,and he returned home in 1779.
      He had previously returned in 1770(the year of his father's death) and on 20th Dec. 1770,wrote a letter to Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick ,the 3rd Baronet of Closeburn whilst "in town",apologising for not making a personal visit(which seems to indicate a family relationship).(Ref:"Memoir respecting the family of Kirkpatrick of Closeburn in Nithsdalewith notices of some Collaterals",private memoirs,page 60.)



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