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Charles Becher

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Birthplace: London, England (United Kingdom)
Death: July 16, 1842 (65)
Nice, Alpes Maritime, France
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Son of Richard Becher and Ann Haselby
Husband of Charlotte Humphreys and Mary Penneck Reid
Father of Charlotte Margaret Gough (Becher); Louisa Skinner; Harriet Jane Becher; Charles Grant Becher; Frederick Becher and 4 others
Brother of Richard Becher; John Becher; Robert Becher; William Becher; Charlotte Becher and 3 others
Half brother of Charlotte Becher

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About Charles Becher

  • Charles Becher was in India with the East India Company. He was a Writer, a Salt Agent and a Merchant.

Birthdate & Baptism from British Library India Office Search

Calcutta Gazette 30 Jan 1800 "Marriage- on the 9th inst at Berampore (not Moor Aidabad as copied in our last paper) Charles Becher, Esq, to Miss Read.."

1807 India Office Records 10 January 1807 Charles Becher, Esq, Civil Service, widow to Charlotte Humfrays.

1807 East India Register Charles Becher, Esq to Miss C. Humfrays

East India Register -Death 26 Feb 1816 The lady of C. Becher, Esq

1829 Oriental Herald Dec 1829
“ George Gough to Charlotte Margaret, third daughter of Charles Becher at Calcutta, June 11.”

1842 The Times August 2nd 1842
“On the 16th Ult at Nice, Charles Becher, Esq Late of the East India Company of Civil Service, Bengal, aged 65, deeply regretted”

Memorial at St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst, Kent

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Charles Becher's Timeline

1777
February 5, 1777
London, England (United Kingdom)
March 7, 1777
St Mary, Marylebone, London, England (United Kingdom)
1804
May 8, 1804
Chouringhee, Calcutta, Bengal, India
1805
July 21, 1805
Bangundi, Bengal, India
1807
December 22, 1807
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
1808
December 7, 1808
India
1809
December 8, 1809
India
1811
January 20, 1811
India