Col. John Thomas Eustace

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About Col. John Thomas Eustace

Estate File : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-FQG2-3?cc=2517051... : 11 October 2018), 007730970 > image 151 of 707; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

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Colonel John Thomas Eustace1 M, #384564, b. 9 March 1825, d. 25 December 1919

Colonel John Thomas Eustace|b. 9 Mar 1825\nd. 25 Dec 1919|p38457.htm#i384564|Lt.-Gen. Sir William Cornwallis Eustace|d. 9 Feb 1855|p5709.htm#i57083|Caroline Margaret King||p38457.htm#i384563|Lt.-Gen. Charles Eustace|b. 1737\nd. 10 Jun 1801|p38453.htm#i384528|Alice McCausland|d. 3 Dec 1824|p31892.htm#i318917|John King||p38457.htm#i384562||||

Colonel John Thomas Eustace was born on 9 March 1825.1 He was the son of Lt.-Gen. Sir William Cornwallis Eustace and Caroline Margaret King.2 He married Edith Kate Twentyman, daughter of Lawrence Twentyman.1 He died on 25 December 1919 at age 94.1

    He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the 60th Rifles.1 He lived at Wynberg, South Africa.1 Children of Colonel John Thomas Eustace and Edith Kate Twentyman 1.John Bridges Eustace2 b. 20 Jan 1861, d. 9 Aug 1947 2.Robert King Eustace2 b. 22 Mar 1862, d. 1912 3.Maj.-Gen. Alexander Henry Eustace+2 b. 14 Jun 1863, d. 11 Mar 1939 4.William Moss Eustace+2 b. 18 Jan 1864, d. 1908 5.Myra Mabel Eustace2 b. 2 Sep 1866 6.Charles Frere Eustace+2 b. 11 Jan 1868, d. 21 Feb 1901 7.Edith Mary Rosalie Eustace2 b. 25 Jun 1869 8.Emily Laura Alicia Eustace2 b. 19 Oct 1870, d. 1 Dec 1941 9.Emma Frances Stuart Eustace2 b. 14 Jan 1872, d. 9 Nov 1930 10.Mary Augusta Eustace2 b. 21 Jun 1873, d. Mar 1896 11.Monica Alica Eustace+2 b. 1 Jun 1875, d. 15 Aug 1945 12.Harvey Tower Eustace2 b. Nov 1876 13.Henrietta Mildred Eustace2 b. 21 May 1878 Citations 1.[S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), page 389. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records. 2.[S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records.

Colonel John Thomas Eustace, General Sir William’s third son, was born in 1825, served in the 60th Rifles and later went to South Africa, where he was elected Member for Capetown in the first South African Parliament and was for some time Resident of Namaqualand. In 1860 he married Edith Twentyman in South Africa, and died in 1919 having had five sons and seven daughters. The daughters of Colonel John Thomas Eustace were: Myra, Edith, Emily, Emma, Augusta, Mon Alice and Mildred. Monica Alice Eustace married her first cousin, Colonel Henry Montague Eustace (q.v).

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Col. John Thomas Eustace's Timeline

1825
March 9, 1825
1861
January 20, 1861
1862
March 22, 1862
1863
June 14, 1863
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1864
January 18, 1864
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1866
September 2, 1866
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1868
January 11, 1868
1869
June 25, 1869
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1870
October 19, 1870
1872
January 14, 1872