Charles Piffard

From British Newspaper Archive: London Courier and Evening Gazette, Thursday, 6 May 1830 Page 3 Naval Intelligence

List of Passengers per ship the St. George, Captain Swainson, arrived at Liverpool, sailed from Calcutta, Monday, 4 January 1830 and St. Helena Tuesday, 23 March 1830 .— ... Rev. Charles Piffard, Mrs. Piffard, Master Charles Piffard, ...

From FIBIS - Duke of Northumberland ship arrival

December 1834: Arrival of the "Duke of Northumberland" ship at Calcutta, captained by W.L. Pope, departed 12 August 1834 from Portsmouth Portsmouth Harbour, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2JX 50.792, -1.106

• Mr. Piffard, Missionaries
• Mrs. Piffard FIBIS
• Master Piffard, Child FIBIS
• Miss Piffard, Child FIBIS

From Elizabeth College Register, 1824-1878, with a record of some earlier students by Charles James Durand, Kentish Brock, Edward Charles Ozanne Published 1898 Page 148

Easter Term, 1846

Elizabeth College, Grange Road, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2PY 49.456630, -2.540273 850. Charles Piffard — born at Calcutta, Saturday, 4 July 1829; son of the Reverend Charles Piffard; left 1848.

Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 1854 (Certificate of Honour); Home Circuit, 1854 to 1860; afterwards practised for many years at Calcutta, where he was at one time a Leading Counsel; subsequently Registrar of the Diocese; died in Calcutta about 1884.

From Elizabeth College Register, 1824-1878, with a record of some earlier students by Charles James Durand, Kentish Brock, Edward Charles Ozanne Published 1898 Page 148

X. The Bishop of Winchester's Prize.

(Value five guineas in books).

Founded by the Right Reverend Charles Richard Sumner, Lord Bishop of Winchester, in 1836: to be awarded to the best scholar in divinity, belonging to the 5th or 6th forms.

• Year 1847: C. Piffard

From University of Cambridge: Charles Piffard 1829-1884

• Charles Piffard 1829–1884
• "Pensioner" [Fee paying student] at St John's College, St John's Street, Cambridge CB2 1TP 52.20806, 0.11667 Admitted 13 April 1848
• Only son of Rev. Charles Piffard of Calcutta, India, born 4 July 1829
• School: Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and Mill Hill School, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1QS 51.6190, -0.2305
• Matriculated October 1848
• Migrated to Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TL 52.2052, 0.1150 25 November 1848
• Graduated BA 1852
• Graduated MA 1856
• Admitted to Lincoln's Inn, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 3TL 51.5171250, -0.1145778: 28 January 1852
• Called to the Bar: 17 November 1854
• Clerk of Crown, High Court of Calcutta, India
• Died Calcutta, India, 2 July 1884 (The Guardian 6 August 1884)

Author of Mount Sinai, a prize poem: and Lyrical fragments by Charles Piffard, of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published 1848 - Cambridge University Library

From findmypast 18510330 census Elizabeth Piffard 46 Charles 21 Louisa 17 at 4 Maids Causeway Cambridge

30 March 1851 Census for residents of [4 Maids Causeway, Cambridge CB5 8DA 52.2075689, 0.1275377]

• Elizabeth Piffard, widow, female aged 46 [born about 1805] in Calcutta, Bengal, India; Independent Lady
• Charles Piffard, son, unmarried, male aged 21 [born about 1830] in Calcutta, Bengal, India
• Louisa Piffard, daughter, unmarried, female aged 17 [born about 1834] in Highbury, Middlesex
• Harriet Robinson, servant, unmarried, female aged 47 [born about 1804] in Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire
• Elizabeth Self, servant, unmarried, female aged 22 [born about 1829] in St Ives, Huntingdonshire

From Bombay Times and Journal of Commerces 21 June 1858 FIBIS

On 1 June 1858 at St Paul's Cathedral, Cathedral Road, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071, India 22.54417, 88.34667 by the Rev. H Moule M.A., Charles Piffard Esq. M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn Barrister at Law, only son of the Rev. Charles Piffard, late of Garden Reach, Calcutta, [was married] to Emily [Hume], eldest daughter of James Hume Esq. of the Inner Temple Barrister at Law and Magistrate of Calcutta

From Cause number: 1865 P5. Short title: Piffard versus Vanrenen - The National Archives

• Cause number: 1865 P5.
• Short title: Piffard versus [Vanrenen].
• Documents: Bill, interrogatories.
• Plaintiffs: Charles Piffard.
• Defendants: Adrian Deneys Vanrenen, Louisa Elizabeth Vanrenen, Adrian Hebron Vanrenen, Emily Piffard, Frederick George Eyre Piffard, James Albert Guerard Piffard, Hamilton Balfour Piffard and Reginald Denman Francis Piffard.

From Cause number: 1865 P8. Short title: In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Piffard - The National Archives

• Cause number: 1865 P8.
• Short title: In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Piffard late of Landour, Bengal, East Indies, deceased: Vanrenen versus Piffard.
• Documents: Administration summons.
• Plaintiffs: Adrian Denys Vanrenen.
• Defendants: Charles Piffard.

From British Newspaper Archive: Berwickshire News and General Advertiser Tuesday, 18 January 1876 Page 5

At the London Central Criminal Court Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH 51.51583, -0.10194, on Tuesday, 11 January 1876, John Holmes, butler, was sentenced five years' penal servitude for steading bill for £200, the property of Charles Piffard, a barrister, at Calcutta, at present residing in this country, and for forging an endorsement on the said bill. A servant named John Barrett was also charged, but acquitted.

From Bear Alley Books

Harold Piffard's father, Charles Piffard (1829-1884) was born in Bengal, and had a career as a barrister, which culminated with his appointment as Clerk of the Crown at the High Court in Calcutta.

From British Newspaper Archive: Englishman's Overland Mail Tuesday, 27 March 1883 Page 21 Notifications, High Court

The Honorable the Chief Justice has, with the approval of His Excellency the Governor General of India in Council, appointed Mr. Charles Piffard, Barrister-at-Law, to officiate as Clerk of the Crown, during the absence on leave of M.C.H. Reily, or until further order, with effect from Wednesday, 28 February 1883 [last], for the purpose of performing the duties connected with the Criminal Sessions, with liberty to him to practise as an Advocate, except during the Criminal Sessions, or in cases connected therewith, or for or against persons charged with offences for which they are liable to be committed to the High Court for trial.

By order, R. Belchambers, Registrar.

From Families in British India Society - Times of India 8 July 1884

2 July 1884 at Calcutta, [Death of] C Piffard, MA, Barrister-at-Law aged 54 years

From MyHeritage: Charles Piffard

• born [Possibly ERROR: 1849]
• Marital status Unknown
• died Wednesday, 2 July 1884
• Burial 3 July 1884, at Calcutta, Bengal, India
• Occupation Barrister At Law

From British Newspaper Archive: Homeward Mail From India, China and The East Tuesday, 29 July 1884 Page 7 Personal,

The Indian Daily News says: — It is with much regret that we announce the death of Mr. Charles Piffard, barrister-at-law, one of the oldest residents of Calcutta. His health had been failing for some time past, but it was only within the last few days that he became alarmingly ill. He was a man with very many friends and no enemies.

From British Newspaper Archive: London Evening Standard Saturday, 2 August 1884 Page 1 Deaths

Deaths: Piffard — Wednesday, 2 July 1884 at Calcutta, Charles Piffard, Esq., M.A., barrister-at-law, Clerk of the Crown, High Court, Bengal, aged 54 years.